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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Richard Bliss, Cloverdale, CA (US);
Justin Goshgarian, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Rui Lam, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Padraig Savage, Ballybrit, IE;
Erik Griswold, Penngrove, CA (US);
Gianfranco Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew Baldwin, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Lance Ensign, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Richard Bliss, Cloverdale, CA (US);
Justin Goshgarian, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Rui Lam, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Padraig Savage, Ballybrit, IE;
Erik Griswold, Penngrove, CA (US);
Gianfranco Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew Baldwin, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Lance Ensign, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent includes a continuous wave form having a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns throughout the wave form. Each crown connects two adjacent struts. The wave form is wrapped around a longitudinal axis to define a central portion and two end portions located on opposite sides the central portion. The central portion includes a plurality of turns wrapped around the longitudinal axis and oriented at a first pitch angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The end portions each include a plurality of turns wrapped around the longitudinal axis and oriented at different pitch angles, and an end turn oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The different pitch angles of the end portions are between the first pitch angle and the angle of the end turn relative to the longitudinal axis.