Patent ID: 6136023
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61F,B21F

Abstract:
A medical device for use in supporting a luminal surface of a human or animal body comprising a malleable or resilient wire having a proximal end, a distal end, and a preformed series of peaks alternating with valleys; each peak and contiguous valley constituting a wave; the device being formed in a hollow cylindrical shape comprising a plurality of circumferential revolutions of the wire and having a number of waves per circumferential revolution; wherein a first wave of a circumferential revolution having an off-peak point aligns to a second wave of an adjoining circumferential revolution having an off-valley point and wherein the first and second waves of at least one pair so aligned are affixed to each other at a contact point comprising the off-peak point of the first wave and the off-valley point of the second wave.