Patent ID: 6383216
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A prosthetic device for sustaining a blood vessel or hollow organ lumen, comprising:a self-expanding wire frame having a flexible tubular shape defining an axis and a circumference and a plurality of first and second wire segments, the plurality of first and second wire segments having flexible interconnections and defining a plurality of cells, with each of the flexible interconnections being defined by a respective first wire segment and a respective second wire segment being wound about each other, and portions of said first and second wire segments between the flexible interconnections being in a plane perpendicular to the axis upon full expansion, and selected of the first wire segments extends through the flexible interconnections of at least two nonadjoining ones of the cells, and selected of the second wire segments extends through the flexible interconnections of at least two nonadjoining ones of the cells.