摘要:
An expandable stent (1) to enhance the supply of blood to downstream tissue which is being supplied with blood through a diseased intracranial artery (100) with a stenosis (102) formed therein by plaque with a bore (103) therethrough. The expandable stent (1) comprises first and second end portions (3,4) joined by a central portion (5). The central portion (5) is configured in the expanded state of the stent (1) to be 10 located in the bore (103) of the stenosis (102) with the first and second end portions (3,4) abutting non- diseased parts (104,106) of the artery (100) adjacent the proximal and distal ends (105,107) of the stenosis (102) for anchoring the stent (1) in the artery (100). The central portion (5) with the stent (1) in the expanded state is configured to apply a radial outward pressure to the stenosis (102) such that the diameter of the bore (103) of the stenosis (102) is maintained at its current diameter or increased to 15 approximately 50% of the non-diseased parts (104,106) of the artery (100).
摘要:
The present invention provides compositions and devices that release (a) a nitric oxide (NO) donor and/or NO, and (b) an agent that aggregates and/or trimerizes the Fas receptor, such as but not limited to a Fas-ligand (FasL). In certain embodiments, the invention includes a stent that elutes (a) a NO donor and/or NO, and (b) FasL. In other embodiments, the invention includes methods of treating a condition, such as intimal hyperplasia, in a subject by administering a stent that releases (a) a NO donor and/or NO, and (b) FasL.
摘要:
A venous valve prosthetic implant for treatment of venous disease may include an expandable anchoring frame, a valve seat attached to the anchoring frame, a ball retention member attached to the anchoring frame, and a ball disposed within the lumen of the anchoring frame, between the valve seat and the ball retention member. The anchoring frame may include a first end, a second end, and a middle valve portion, where the middle valve portion expands to a smaller diameter than a diameter of either the first end or the second end. The ball may move back and forth within the middle valve portion, between a fully open position and a fully closed position.
摘要:
하이브리드 스텐트는, 사선으로 배열되되, 일정거리 이격되어 배열된 복수의 제1링크부와, 상기 복수의 제1링크부 중 인접한 제1링크부를 연결하되 일정거리 이격되어 배열되는 복수의 제2링크부를 포함하고, 나선형상으로 배열되는 복수의 메인셀과, 상기 복수의 메인셀에 대하여 길이방향으로 이웃하여 나선형상으로 배열되는 하나 이상의 오픈셀을 포함할 수 있다.
摘要:
A multi-element, bioresorbable, vascular stent may be used to maintain or enhance patency of a blood vessel. The stent may be used in peripheral blood vessels, which may be long and/or tortuous. By using multiple, separate stent elements that are balloon expandable, the multi- element stent may be stronger than a traditional self-expanding stent but may also be more flexible, due to its multiple-element configuration, than a traditional balloon-expandable stent. Thus, the multi-element, bioresorbable, vascular stent described herein may be particularly advantageous for treating long lesions in tortuous peripheral blood vessels.
摘要:
A stent-graft (20) comprises strut members (30) and a graft member (32), which is fixed to the strut members (30). The strut members (30) and the graft member (32) are arranged so as to define, when the stent-graft (20) is in a radially-expanded state: a main tube (40), which is shaped so as to define a main lumen (42); and a lateral tube (50), which (a) has (i) a distal end (52) and (ii) a proximal end (54) that is joined to a lateral wall (56) of the main tube (40) at a junction (60), (b) is shaped so as to define a lateral lumen (62) that is in fluid communication with the main lumen (42), and (c) defines a central longitudinal axis (64). The strut members (30) that define the lateral tube (50) are shaped so as to define two to four non-contiguous arcuate members (70), which (a) are centered around the central longitudinal axis (64), and (b) collectively subtend at least 150 degrees around the central longitudinal axis (64).
摘要:
Bioresorbable polymer vascular scaffolds made of combinations of polylactide and polycaprolactone having thin struts in a selected range and sufficient radial strength to support a vessel upon deployment are disclosed. The scaffolds have degradation behavior of molecular weight, radial strength, and mass that are conducive to healing of a vessel including providing patency to a vessel, reduction of radial strength, breaking up, and resorbing to allow return of the vessel to a natural state.
摘要:
Bioresorbable polymer vascular scaffolds made of combinations of polylactide and polycaprolactone having thin struts in a selected range and sufficient radial strength to support a vessel upon deployment are disclosed. The scaffolds have degradation behavior of molecular weight, radial strength, and mass that are conducive to healing of a vessel including providing patency to a vessel, reduction of radial strength, breaking up, and resorbing to allow return of the vessel to a natural state.
摘要:
A system and method for manufacturing a medical device. The system can include a thermal chamber and an expander at least partially positioned within the thermal chamber. The expander can be configured to uniformly expand a medical device as the medical device is advanced over the heated expander and heat set the expanded medical device while the medical device is positioned on the heated expander. The method can include forming a medical device from a tube having a first diameter; uniformly expanding the medical device from the first diameter to a second diameter at which the medical device can be left within a body vessel, the medical device being expanded from the first diameter to the second diameter while being continuously positioned on an expander; and heat setting the expanded medical device at the second diameter while the medical device is positioned on the expander.
摘要:
Medical devices and methods for forming an arteriovenous (AV) fistula include a stent (10) having an arterial tubular portion (12) and vein supporting tongue (16) connected by a pre-shaped connector (15) and a venous frustoconical stent (70) having a distal end for maintaining a take-off angle for the venous portion of the AV fistula. Also disclosed is an angled balloon (200) for assisting with the formation of the AV fistula. The medical devices disclosed herein support an AV fistula formation having a desired take off angle of about 30 degrees, or between about 15 and 45 degrees.