WIRELESS ENDOVASCULAR STENT-BASED ELECTRODES

    公开(公告)号:WO2015068167A3

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-14

    申请号:PCT/IL2014/050972

    申请日:2014-11-06

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a stent (20) that includes a stent body (52) that includes a generally cylindrical distal section (56), and a generally cylindrical middle section (58). The middle section includes a plurality of middle-section strut rings (60) that are flexibly interconnected to one another, by a plurality of bridges (64), such as to facilitate curving of the middle section. The distal section includes at least one distal-section strut ring (66). The stent is configured such that, when the stent body is in a radially compressed configuration, distal-section strut ring exerts an outward radial force that is greater than an outward radial force exerted by each of the middle-section strut rings. A plurality of antenna posts (46) protrude longitudinally from the distal section, and an antenna (28) disposed annularly on the antenna posts. Other applications are also described.

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