摘要:
A stent able to minimize occurrences of strain and stress concentration in a drug coat layer upon expansive deformation of the stent in a radial direction to avoid the possibility of the drug separating from the stent, includes a stent body and a drug coating layer coated on the outside surface of the stent body so that the thickness of the drug coating layer gradually decreases toward a bent portion of the stent.
摘要:
A vascular endoprosthesis (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) includes a radially-expandable first segment and a radially expandable second segment. The vascular endoprosthesis further includes first and second coupling elements. The first coupling element extends from the proximal end of the first segment toward the distal end of the second segment, and the second coupling element extends from the distal end of the second segment toward the proximal end of the first segment. The first and second coupling elements cooperate one with another to couple the first and second segments together when the vascular endoprosthesis is in a delivery configuration and to decouple the first and second segments when the vascular endoprosthesis is in a deployed configuration.
摘要:
This invention is a system for the treatment of body passageways; in particular, vessels with vascular disease. The system includes an endovascular graft with a low-profile delivery configuration and a deployed configuration in which it conforms to the morphology of the vessel or body passageway to be treated as well as various connector members and stents. The graft is made from an inflatable graft body section and may be bifurcated. One or more inflatable cuffs may be disposed at either end of the graft body section. At least one inflatable channel is disposed between and in fluid communication with the inflatable cuffs.
摘要:
The invention relates to a stent graft comprising a stent (1) having a plurality of ring segments (3) disposed adjacent to one another and connected to one another and at least one membrane (2) having at least one marginal ring segment (4) having a meandering web configuration, wherein web loops (5) which point inwards or outwards are cut in such a way as to produce spring tabs (6) which are disposed so that they engage positively in the web loops (5) and are resiliently movable against the web configuration, wherein the membrane (2) is gripped between the spring tabs (6) and the web.
摘要:
A stent defining a longitudinal axis is disclosed. A plurality of circumferential support structures are spaced-apart along the longitudinal axis. At least some of the circumferential support structures are interconnected by connection members that extend generally in a circumferential direction.
摘要:
A stepped balloon catheter prosthesis deployment system is disclosed for placement of a prosthesis across an Os opening from a main body lumen to a branch body lumen. The prosthesis comprises a radially expansible support at one end, a circumferentially extending link at the other end and at least one frond extending axially therebetween. The prosthesis is configured to be deployed from a stepped diameter balloon with the support in the branch body lumen, with the circumferentially extending link in the main lumen and the frond extendable across the Os.
摘要:
A stent configured to closely contact tissue in vivo by being deformed when set indwelling in vivo. The stent has a plurality of axially arranged annular members, with axially adjacent annular members being interconnected by at least one link part; and a metallic wavy-linear annular member positioned at each end of the stent. The plurality of axially arranged annular members include a plurality of linear components, the linear components including a plurality of metallic linear components and a plurality of biodegradable material-made linear components. The at least one link part is defined by one of the metallic linear components. After a predetermined period of time when the stent is left indwelling in vivo and biodegradation of the biodegradable material-made linear components proceeds, the plurality of metallic linear components and the at least one link part remain intact such that a unitary metallic structure is maintained in vivo.
摘要:
A medical implant for the expansion and support of a body vessel is formed as elongate struts in a shape of a tube. The struts are plastically deformable at least in sections so that the implant remains permanently expanded in the radial direction transversely to a longitudinal axis of the struts in the expanded state. A course of the expandable element has a plurality of direction changes with respect to the longitudinal axis. The expandable element has a constriction point in the contracted state designed as an intended breaking point for the expandable element. The constriction point breaks upon application of excessive force applied in the radial direction preventing further expansion of the expandable element.
摘要:
A method for treating a bifurcation or trifurcation aneurysm (201) occurring on a first artery, the first artery and a second artery joining to a third artery, the method comprising: inserting a medical device (202) such that it is at least partially located in the first artery and is at least partially located in the third artery; expanding the medical device (202) from a first position to a second position, said medical device (202) is expanded radially outwardly to the second position such that the exterior surface of said medical device (202) engages with the inner surface of the first and third arteries so as to maintain a fluid pathway through said arteries; and positioning the medical device (202) such that a membrane (203) of the medical device (202) is located against an aneurysm neck of the aneurysm (201) to obstruct blood circulation to the aneurysm (201) when the medical device (202) is expanded to the second position, and at least a portion of the membrane (203) is secured to the medical device (202) to maintain the position of the membrane (203) relative to the medical device (202) when expanded to the second position; wherein the membrane (203) is permeable and porous, the size of the pores of the membrane (203) and the ratio of the material surface area of the membrane (203) being such that blood supply to perforators and/or microscopic branches of main brain arteries is permitted to improve healing of the first artery but blood supply to the aneurysm (201) is prevented.