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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Ralf Kaufmann, Rangendingen, DE;
Thomas Bogenschuetz, Hechingen-Stein, DE;
Inventors:
Ralf Kaufmann, Rangendingen, DE;
Thomas Bogenschuetz, Hechingen-Stein, DE;
Assignee:
Jotec GmbH, Hechingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2002/823 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A braided stent to be implanted in a blood vessel comprises a hollow body which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction and whose circumferential surface is formed by a braid of a multiplicity of filamentary elements which, in the expanded state of the braided stent, intersect a plane, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, at a braiding angle. The braided stent has a smaller braiding angle in a central portion than in its distal and proximal portions which adjoin the central portion in the longitudinal direction.