INTEGRATED STENT RETRIEVAL LOOP ADAPTED FOR SNARE REMOVAL AND/OR OPTIMIZED PURSE STRINGING

The present invention relates to a stent comprising one or more elongated wires braided to form a tubular stent having a retrieval and/or repositioning member and an opposed first open end and a second open end with each open end having a circumference and a tubular body therebetween, the first open end defined by a series of closed-end loops, the retrieval and/or repositioning member having a first section including at least one elongated closed-end loop extending from the first open end and a second section emerging from the braided tubular body, the second section interwoven with at least one closed-end loop of the series of closed-end loops and integrally extending into the first section whereby force exerted on the elongated closed-end loop causes radial contraction of the tubular stent.