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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen Hebert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marc-alan Levine, Pottstown, PA (US);
Aleksandr Leynov, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Hebert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marc-Alan Levine, Pottstown, PA (US);
Aleksandr Leynov, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
Back Bay Medical Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9155 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91533 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91583 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
A highly compressible stent is described. The stent includes a plurality of circumferentially offset and interconnected undulating rings having intermediate struts disposed between at least some of the undulating ring struts.