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US6706062B2 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Extendible stent apparatus

Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 2001-09-24
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Granted: 2004-03-16
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Expires: 2021-09-24
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention concerns novel stent apparatuses for use in treating lesions at or near the bifurcation point in bifurcated cardiac, coronary, renal, peripheral vascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, urinary and neurovascular vessels and brain vessels. More particularly, the invention concerns a stent apparatus with at least one side opening which may further comprise an extendable stent portion laterally extending from the side opening and at least partly in registry with the wall of the side opening. Devices constructed in accordance with the invention include, singularly or in combination, a main expandable stent comprising at least one substantially circular side opening located between its proximal and distal end openings, which side opening may further comprise an expandable portion extending radially outward from the edges of the side opening; and a branch stent comprising proximal and distal end openings and which may further comprise a contacting portion at its proximal end, and which may optionally be constructed to form either a perpendicular branch or a non-perpendicular branch when inserted through a side opening of the main stent. The stents of the invention are marked with, or at least partially constructed of, a material which is imageable during intraluminal catheterization techniques, most preferably but not limited to ultrasound and x-ray.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gil M. Vardi
  • 👤 Charles J. Davidson
  • 👤 Eric Williams
  • 👤 Stuart Lin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 08:21
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/856; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61F2/915; A61F2/95; A61F2/954; A61F2/958; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/064; A61F2/07; A61F2002/065; A61F2002/067; A61F2002/821; A61F2002/91508; A61F2002/91516; A61F2002/91525; A61F2002/91533; A61F2002/9155; A61F2002/91558; A61F2002/91575; A61F2002/91583; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/006; A61F2250/0096; A61F2250/0098

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 90 words
A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen, said stent comprising: a main tubular body having a first end, a second end, and a side opening between said ends, wherein a first portion of the main tubular body between the first end and the side opening opens in response to a first radially outward pressure and a second portion of the main tubular body between the side opening and the second end opens in response to a second pressure, wherein the first pressure is less than the second pressure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 90 words
A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen, said stent comprising: a main tubular body having a first end, a second end, and a side opening between said ends, wherein a first portion of the main tubular body between the first end and the side opening opens in response to a first radially outward pressure and a second portion of the main tubular body between the side opening and the second end opens in response to a second pressure, wherein the first pressure is less than the second pressure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
A stent as in claim 1 , wherein the first pressure is in the range from 1 atmospheres to 10 atmospheres and the second pressure is in the range from 2 atmospheres to 18 atmospheres.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 61 words
A stent as in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the first portion has a first axial spine and the second portion has a second axial spine, wherein the first axial spine opens circumferentially to a first force and the second axial spine opens circumferentially in response to a second force, wherein the first force is less than the second force.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 45 words
A stent as in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the first portion comprises serpentine rings with a first strut length and the second portion comprises serpentine rings with a second strut length, wherein the first strut length is greater than the second strut length.

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