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Patent US8231667 - Endoprosthesis for vascular bifurcation - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn apparatus for treating an area of bifurcation where a principal body conduit separates into at least two secondary conduits comprises a radially expandable first stent body. The first stent body has a substantially conical shape and a first end having a greater diameter than a second end when fully...http://www.google.com/patents/US8231667?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8231667 - Endoprosthesis for vascular bifurcationAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8231667 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/124,905Publication dateJul 31, 2012Filing dateMay 9, 2005Priority dateNov 8, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2505137A1, DE60231843D1, EP1567087A1, EP1567087B1, EP2074968A1, EP2074968B1, US8864817, US20060100685, US20130041450, WO2004041126A1Publication number11124905, 124905, US 8231667 B2, US 8231667B2, US-B2-8231667, US8231667 B2, US8231667B2InventorsJacques Seguin, Jean-Claude LabordeOriginal AssigneeJacques S�guin, Jean-Claude LabordeExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (294), Non-Patent Citations (43), Classifications (22), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetEndoprosthesis for vascular bifurcation
US 8231667 B2Abstract
at least one radially expandable segment which has, in a predetermined expanded state, a cross section substantially greater than the cross section of one of the secondary conduits; and a segment which has, in a predetermined expanded state, a truncated shape, corresponding to the shape of the bifurcation in the area of the widened transitional zone which separates the principal conduit from the secondary conduits. In these embodiments, the segments do not overlap one another, and are not linked together and preferably include no means for being linked together. In this way, optimal positioning of stent segments can be achieved independently from one another. For the purposes of this application, an “unlinked segment” is defined as an independent segment that is neither directly nor indirectly connected to any other surgical apparatus, such as additional stents or segments, when the independent segment is in its predetermined, fully expanded state.
A transverse increase in the width of the meshes 10 may result from an increase in the length of the edges 10 a of the meshes 10 disposed longitudinally, as well as an increase in the angle formed between two facing edges 10 a. This conical segment thus has a truncated shape with an axis which is oblique in relation to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus 1. This shape corresponds to the shape of the bifurcation in the area of the widened transitional zone 11 which separates the end of the principal conduit 2 from the ends of the secondary conduits 3.
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