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Patent US6361637 - Method of making a kink resistant stent-graft - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the...http://www.google.com/patents/US6361637?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6361637 - Method of making a kink resistant stent-graftAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS6361637 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/376,931Publication dateMar 26, 2002Filing dateAug 13, 1999Priority dateDec 14, 1995Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE69836780D1, DE69836780T2, EP0893108A2, EP0893108A3, EP0893108B1, EP1477129A2, EP1477129A3, US6042605, US6520986, US8323328, US20010049550, US20020002397, US20030130721Publication number09376931, 376931, US 6361637 B2, US 6361637B2, US-B2-6361637, US6361637 B2, US6361637B2InventorsGerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy ThorntonOriginal AssigneeGore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (371), Non-Patent Citations (28), Referenced by (236), Classifications (28), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod of making a kink resistant stent-graft
Each undulation 14 alternatively may be described as a torsion segment and for purposes of the following discussion will be referred to as a torsion segment 14. Referring to FIG. 12, an isolated undulation 14 is shown to facilitate the following discussion involving stent mechanics involved in deployment of the device. Each torsion segment includes an apex portion 16 and two adjacent torsion arms or lengths 22 a and 22 b extending therefrom. Typically, then, each torsion arm 22 a & b will be a component of each of two adjacent torsion segments 14. When torsion segment 14 undergoes a flexing in the amount of α apex portion 16 will flex some amount β°, torsion arm 22 a will undertake a twist of γ° and torsion arm 22 b will undertake a twist opposite of that found in torsion arm 22 a in the amount of δ°. The amounts of angular torsion found in the torsion arms (22 a & 22 b) will not necessarily be equal because the torsion arms will not necessarily be equal because the torsion arms are not necessarily at the same angle to the longitudinal axis of the stent-member. Nevertheless, the sum of β°+γ°+δ° will equal α°. When a value of α° is chosen, as by selection of the shape and size of the stent-member upon folding, the values of the other three angles (β°, γ°, δ°) are chosen by virtue of selection of number or torsion segments around the stent, size and physical characteristics of the wire, and length of the torsion areas (22 a & b). Each of the noted angles must not be so large as to exceed the values at which the chosen material of construction plastically deforms at the chosen value of α°.
Once the concept of distributing the folding or compression stresses both into a bending component ( as typified by angle β° in FIG. 12) and to twisting components ( as typified by angle γ° and δ° in FIG. 12) and determining the overall size of a desired stent, determination of the optimum materials as well as the sizes of the various integral components making up the stent becomes straightforward. Specifically, the diameter and length of torsion lengths, apex portion dimensions and the number of torsion segments around the stent may then be determined.
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