Lumen-supporting stents and methods for creating lumen-supporting stents with various open/closed designs
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Mar 1, 2007
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Aug 26, 2005
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Aug 26, 2005
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Disclosed herein are various open/closed stent designs and methods for creating the same that can be individually adopted depending on particular treatment objectives. Specifically, the stents of the present invention are manufactured to include different open/closed configurations along their length by varying the number of crossovers, connectors or weld points between sections of the stent. Open portions contain less crossovers, connectors or weld points and are more flexible than closed portions which contain more crossovers, connectors or weld points.
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