Patent ID: 11877939
Assignee: OTSUKA MEDICAL DEVICES CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. The stent according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of crimp pattern portions having a crimp pattern and arranged along an axis direction; and a plurality of coiled elements each provided between adjacent crimp pattern portions of the plurality of crim pattern portions and extending spirally around an axis, wherein
each crimp pattern portion has a top portion, and each pair of opposite top portions of the adjacent crimp pattern portions are connected through each coiled element,
each crimp pattern portion has a cyclic direction inclined with respect to a radial direction perpendicular to the axis direction when viewed in the radial direction, and one of the coiled elements at a one axial end of the crimp pattern portion has a winding direction the same as or opposite to that of another one of the coiled elements at another axial end of the crimp pattern portion.