Patent ID: 6878163
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: A61B,A61F,B21F

Abstract:
1. In an intravascular flow modifier and vascular reinforcement device to be used in the intravascular treatment of blood vessels, the intravascular flow modifier and vascular reinforcement device including an elongate strand of resilient material having first and second proximal ends respectively connected by first and second legs of the elongate strand of resilient material to a distal middle loop of the elongate strand of resilient material, said first and second proximal ends being joined to a deployment device, said first and second legs of the elongate strand of resilient material forming a double strand of a plurality of sinusoidal loops having upper and lower arcs, said sinusoidal loops extending along a longitudinal axis of said intravascular flow modifier and vascular reinforcement device, the improvement in said intravascular flow modifier and vascular reinforcement device comprising: said first and second legs of the elongate strand of resilient material being substantially bilaterally symmetrical about said longitudinal axis, and said upper and lower arcs of said sinusoidal loops being curved about said longitudinal axis to form a hollow cylindrical circumferential substantially bilaterally symmetrical pattern of loops about said longitudinal axis.