MULTI-SEGMENT MODULAR STENT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING STENTS

A modular stent (70) having at least one stent module including an intermediate segment consisting of one of either a closed-cell segment (78c) or a Z-segment (82z) and a pair of end segments connected to respective longitudinal ends of said intermediate segment, each end segment consisting of the o...

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Hauptverfasser:	RABKIN, DIMITRY, J, PERELSON, OPHIR, MORAG, EYAL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS 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 MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A modular stent (70) having at least one stent module including an intermediate segment consisting of one of either a closed-cell segment (78c) or a Z-segment (82z) and a pair of end segments connected to respective longitudinal ends of said intermediate segment, each end segment consisting of the other of said closed-cell segment (78c) or Z-segment (82z), each said closed-cell segment (78c) consisting solely of at least one annular closed-cell ring (80c) and each Z-segment consisting solely of at least one annular ring. A method of manufacturing a stent from a small diameter tube to includes laser-cutting the small diameter tube to define a plurality of longitudinally adjacent Z-rings, expanding the small diameter tube, and removing predetermined interconnector portions from the expanded tube to provide the predetermined desired arrangement of interconnected closed-cell rings and Z-rings.