Patent ID: 7942923
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: A61F,G01R

Abstract:
1. A medical device comprising a first stent and a second stent, each of the first and second stents comprising a plurality of serpentine bands, each of the serpentine bands of the first stent comprising distal turns and proximal turns and each of the serpentine bands of the second stent comprising distal turns and proximal turns, the second stent being a mirror image of the first stent, the first stent disposed about the second stent, wherein the first stent is helical and the second stent is helical; the serpentine bands of the first stent comprising a plurality of turns interconnected by substantially straight portions and the serpentine bands of the second stent comprising a plurality of turns interconnected by substantially straight portions; at least one of the substantially straight portions of the first stent comprising a substantially straight, long segment and at least one of the substantially straight portions of the second stent comprising a substantially straight, long segment; the substantially straight, long segment of the first stent overlapping the substantially straight, long segment of the second stent, the second stent being connected to the first stent at the overlap; wherein the at least one substantially straight, long segment of the first stent is perpendicular to the at least one substantially straight, long segment of the second stent at the overlap.