EP 0786971 A1 19970806 - CONNECTED STENT APPARATUS
Title (en)
CONNECTED STENT APPARATUS
Title (de)
VERBUNDENES STENTGERÄT
Title (fr)
EXTENSEUR ACCOUPLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9513651 W 19951019
- US 32602494 A 19941019
- US 45127095 A 19950530
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9612449A1] An endovascular device (20) comprises at least two short stent segments (10) welded together to form a connected stent. Each stent segment (10) defines a single wire (12) having straigth sections (13) integrally formed between axial turns. The welds (30) are placed between stent segments at one or more aligned adjacent axial turns. The welded connected stent is flexible enough to allow it to pass through sharp turns and to be implanted to conform to the contour of the lesion to be treated. In one aspect of the invention all adjacent axial turns are welded together. In another aspect of the invention, selected adjacent axial turns are welded together to create a generally balanced spiral pattern of welds surrounding the cylindrical connected stent.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9612449 A1 19960502; AU 4008195 A 19960515; AU 702684 B2 19990304; CA 2202476 A1 19960502; EP 0786971 A1 19970806; EP 0786971 A4 19990120
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9513651 W 19951019; AU 4008195 A 19951019; CA 2202476 A 19951019; EP 95938853 A 19951019