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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Ryan Donovan, Mountain View, CA (US);
John F. Shanley, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Prasanna Muralidharan, Chennai, IN;
David W. Overaker, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Ramesh Marrey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert Burgermeister, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ryan Donovan, Mountain View, CA (US);
John F. Shanley, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Prasanna Muralidharan, Chennai, IN;
David W. Overaker, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Ramesh Marrey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert Burgermeister, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to tissue-supporting medical devices and drug delivery systems, and more particularly to tubular flexible stents that are implanted within a body lumen of a living animal or human to support the organ, maintain patency and/or deliver drugs or agents. The tubular flexible stent has a cylindrical shape defining a longitudinal axis and includes a helical section having of a plurality of longitudinally oriented strut members and a plurality of circumferentially oriented hinge members connecting circumferentially adjacent strut members to form a band. The band is wrapped about the longitudinal axis in a substantially helical manner to form a plurality of helical windings. At least one connector member extends between longitudinally adjacent helical windings of the band.