Patent ID: 7510570
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: A61F,A61M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A generally tubular prosthesis for implantation in a human or animal duct to ensure a passageway in said duct, said prosthesis having a tubular surface and a tube axis and being generally axially subdivided into two or more circumferentially oriented hoop-like tubular portions, said prosthesis comprising: a plurality of discrete structural wires or filaments joined together to form said prosthesis, said wires or filaments each having one or more corrugated portions and at least some of said wires or filaments having one or more generally straightened extension portions, wherein at least two of said hoop-like tubular portions are axially arranged in juxtaposition to one another, wherein said hoop-like tubular portions are formed from the corrugated portions of two or more of said wires or filaments, and wherein said straightened extension portions extend between and connect consecutive ones of said hoop-like tubular portions.