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Timestamp: 2019-09-15 17:40:27
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 120', '§ 120', '§ 119', 'Application No. 2008341104', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2008341104']

US9993331B2 - Low profile non-symmetrical stent - Google Patents
US9993331B2
US9993331B2 US15/604,104 US201715604104A US9993331B2 US 9993331 B2 US9993331 B2 US 9993331B2 US 201715604104 A US201715604104 A US 201715604104A US 9993331 B2 US9993331 B2 US 9993331B2
US15/604,104
US20170252146A1 (en
2017-05-24 Application filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC filed Critical Cook Medical Technologies LLC
2017-05-24 Priority to US15/604,104 priority patent/US9993331B2/en
2017-09-07 Publication of US20170252146A1 publication Critical patent/US20170252146A1/en
2018-06-12 Publication of US9993331B2 publication Critical patent/US9993331B2/en
The present patent document is a continuation application that claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 120 of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/876,429, filed Oct. 6, 2015, which is a continuation application that claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 120 of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/332,904, filed Dec. 11, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,180,030, which claims the benefit of the filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of Provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/016,753, filed Dec. 26, 2007. All of the foregoing applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
a plurality of proximal and distal apices connected by a plurality of generally straight portions,
2. The stent of claim 1, further comprising a graft having proximal and distal ends, where at least one of the distal apices of the stent is attached to the graft.
3. The stent of claim 2, where each of the plurality of proximal and distal apices of the stent axially overlap with the graft.
4. The stent of claim 2, where the stent comprises at least one uncovered region facing radially inward or outward relative to the graft.
5. The stent of claim 1 comprising a generally continuous plurality of proximal and distal apices, the outer surfaces of which define a cylinder having a generally consistent circumference.
7. The stent of claim 1 where each of the proximal apices are circumferentially offset from the distal apices.
8. The stent of claim 1 comprising a generally continuous plurality of proximal and distal apices, the outer surfaces of which define a frustum of a cone.
9. The stent of claim 1 where at least one of the proximal apices comprises first and second fillets disposed a distance from the second curved portion, the first fillet comprising a first fillet radius of curvature and the second fillet comprising a second fillet radius of curvature.
10. The stent of claim 9 where the first fillet radius of curvature and the second fillet radius of curvature each have a radius of curvature of about 1 mm, and the first curved portion has a radius of curvature of about 0.5 mm.
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