NON-FORESHORTENING INTRALUMINAL PROSTHESIS

An intraluminal prosthesis (40) is provided with a plurality of annular elements. Each annular element includes a plurality of struts (42, 44) and apices (46) connected to form an annular configuration. Each annular element has a compressed state and an expanded state, and has a longitudinal dimensi...

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Hauptverfasser:	ROUBIN, GARY S, VIDAL, CLAUDE A, REDMOND, RUSSELL J, WHITE, GEOFFREY HAMILTON, IYER, SRIRAM S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MACHINE TOOLS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROSTHESES SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	An intraluminal prosthesis (40) is provided with a plurality of annular elements. Each annular element includes a plurality of struts (42, 44) and apices (46) connected to form an annular configuration. Each annular element has a compressed state and an expanded state, and has a longitudinal dimension which is smaller in the expanded state than in the compressed state. A plurality of connecting members (48) connect the apices of adjacent annular elements. The connecting members have a plurality of alternating segments that function to compensate for the smaller longitudinal dimension of each annular element in the expanded state. The stent may be provided with varying flexibility along its length and/or circumference, and may include segments that have different diameters.