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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2014
Applicants:
Clino Ltd., Miyagi, JP;
Piolax Medical Devices, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Japan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd., Okayama, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyoshi Yamauchi, Miyagi, JP;
Assignees:
CLINO LTD., Miyagi, JP;
PIOLAX MEDICAL DEVICES, INC., Kanagawa, JP;
JAPAN MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Okayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); B23K 26/146 (2015.10); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A highly elastic stent is made of an alloy that exhibits superelasticity at body temperature. At least a part of the highly elastic stent has such a property that load increases with displacement without exhibiting a distinct yield on a load-displacement curve obtained by a compression test and a bending test.