Patent ID: 7632304
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent for supporting a wall of a blood vessel comprising: a cylinder wall, the cylinder wall having a circumference; a side aperture in the cylinder wall, the side aperture extending along a longitudinal direction and along a latitudinal direction; and a marker provided on the cylinder wall, the marker aligned with the side aperture at a location where a distance of the aperture along the latitudinal direction is the greatest, wherein the marker is in-line with and directly extends from the location where the distance of the aperture along the latitudinal direction is the greatest, wherein the marker extends a portion of a distance around the circumference of the cylinder wall in a direction extending away from the side aperture and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the stent so as to provide a rotation orientation of the stent in a two-dimensional image.