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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
David Lowe, Redwood City, CA (US);
Craig Bonsignore, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David W. Snow, San Carlos, CA (US);
Timothy Robinson, Sandown, NH (US);
Joshua P. Wiesman, Wayland, MA (US);
Dawn Henderson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nathan Maier, Haward, CA (US);
David Lowe, Redwood City, CA (US);
Craig Bonsignore, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David W. Snow, San Carlos, CA (US);
Timothy Robinson, Sandown, NH (US);
Joshua P. Wiesman, Wayland, MA (US);
Dawn Henderson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nathan Maier, Haward, CA (US);
J.W. MEDICAL SYSTEMS LTD., Weihai Shandong, CN;
Abstract
A tubular prosthesis has a plurality of tubular rings that are radially expandable from a contracted configuration to an expanded configuration. Each ring comprises a plurality of axially oriented struts that are interconnected so as to form a circumferential series of at least one high peak and at least one low peak. The high and low peaks have apices that are oriented in the same axial direction. The apices of the high and low peaks are also oriented in the same direction and the apices of the high peaks are axially offset from the apices of the low peaks. A bridge member couples a pair of adjacent tubular rings together. The bridge member has a first end connected to a first low peak in a first tubular ring and a second end connected to either a high or low peak in an adjacent tubular ring.