Patent ID: 8876882

Claim:
A stent for cutting into a blockage to wedge the stent in a blood vessel, comprising: a plurality of struts forming a stent body, the plurality including a space between two struts; one or more blades, wherein each blade includes a base with a first edge and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge attached to two or more struts such that each of the one or more blades are integral with said plurality of struts with the base extending over a portion of the space between two struts, each blade further comprising: a first free end extending to a second free end, wherein the first free end is beveled forming a first beveled end and the second free end is beveled forming a second beveled end, the first beveled end and the second beveled end each at an acute angle with respect to the base of the blade; a cutting edge disposed on the blade, wherein the cutting edge is positioned between the first beveled end and the second beveled end and the cutting edge is distally opposed to the base of the blade, wherein the cutting edge of the blade is linear and oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis centered in a lumen of the stent body, wherein the longitudinal axis centered in the lumen of the stent body extends from a proximal opening of the stent body to a distal opening of the stent body, and wherein the first beveled end and the second beveled end of the blade is configured for entrance into the blockage of the blood vessel upon expansion and implantation of the stent into the blood vessel and the cutting edge disposed on the blade is configured to cut into the blockage to wedge the stent in the blood vessel.