STENTS HAVING PROTRUDING FEATURES FOR ANCHORING

A stent can include outwardly facing protruding features that facilitate engagement with a wall of a body vessel. The protruding features can deploy from a frame of the stent to extend radially outwardly. When deployed into a body vessel, the protruding features engage and anchor against the wall of...

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Hauptverfasser: FULKERSON, John, MUSTAPHA, Jihad Ali, JIMENEZ, Teodoro S, RIZK, Isa
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Zusammenfassung:A stent can include outwardly facing protruding features that facilitate engagement with a wall of a body vessel. The protruding features can deploy from a frame of the stent to extend radially outwardly. When deployed into a body vessel, the protruding features engage and anchor against the wall of the body vessel to ensure accurate and secure placement of the stent.