公开(公告)号：US5895406A

公开(公告)日：1999-04-20

申请号：US770236

申请日：1996-12-20

申请人： Larry B. Gray ,  Ann Eckert ,  Todd M Chelak ,  Robert M. Tumarkin

发明人： Larry B. Gray ,  Ann Eckert ,  Todd M Chelak ,  Robert M. Tumarkin

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  A61F2/84 ,  A61F2/90 ,  A61M5/00 ,  A61M29/00

CPC分类号： A61F2/91 ,  A61F2/915 ,  A61F2/885 ,  A61F2002/91525 ,  A61F2002/91541 ,  A61F2002/91558

摘要： A stent with axial flexibility, in a preferred embodiment, has a longitudinal axis and comprises a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of links maintains the bands in a tubular structure. In a further embodiment of the invention, each longitudinally disposed band of the stent is connected, at a plurality of periodic locations, by a short circumferential link to an adjacent band.