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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Vincent L. Perko, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); B21F 5/00 (2006.01); B21F 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); B21F 5/00 (2013.01); B21F 45/008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0041 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2250/002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for endoluminal devices, such as stents, that have components with varying cross-sections at various points about the length of the endoluminal device, with various benefits resulting therefrom.