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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Shinikan Kogyo K.k., Osaka, JP;
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhide Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Oie, Osaka, JP;
SHINKAN KOGYO K.K., Osaka, JP;
NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a valved stent that can provide a valve function without blocking a branch blood vessel, and also can provide a valve function with minimum covering of blood vessel tissue in a stent indwelling section. Specifically, a cylindrical stent bodyis provided. A leafletthat can open/close a blood vesselin a blood flow direction is provided. The leafletis composed of connective tissue and protrudes radially inward from the stent body. An inside and an outside of the stent bodyradially communicate with each other. The stent does not block a branch blood vessel. An area of the blood vessel covered with the stent is reduced.