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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Tai D. Tieu, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Gregory M. Cruise, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Heather Griffith, Orange, CA (US);
Helen Nguyen, Carson, CA (US);
Minh Nguyen, Stanton, CA (US);
Ponaka Pung, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Shirley Vong, West Covina, CA (US);
Tai D. Tieu, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Gregory M. Cruise, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Heather Griffith, Orange, CA (US);
Helen Nguyen, Carson, CA (US);
Minh Nguyen, Stanton, CA (US);
Ponaka Pung, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Shirley Vong, West Covina, CA (US);
MicroVention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment according to the present invention, a stent is described having a generally cylindrical body formed from a single woven nitinol wire. The distal and proximal ends of the stent include a plurality of loops, some of which include marker members used for visualizing the position of the stent. In another embodiment, the previously described stent includes an inner flow diverting layer.