| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6162245 |
Stent valve and stent graft |
December 19, 2000 |
| A star-shaped stent and replacement valve or replacement graft for use in repairing damaged vascular organs: Two to eight star-shaped members are interconnected into a "chain". Once this "chain" has been created through interconnection of the star-shaped members, a central opening throug |
| 5891507 |
Process for coating a surface of a metallic stent |
April 6, 1999 |
| A metallic stent is coated with a synthetic or biological active or inactive agent that only adheres to the metallic surface of the stent and does not cover slots formed in the stent. In the method, a metallic stent is manufactured in a known manner and is then cleaned to remove surface |
| 5755781 |
Embodiments of multiple interconnected stents |
May 26, 1998 |
| Embodiments of multiple interconnected stents each include a stent having a plurality of rows of slots with spaces between the slots being staggered in adjacent rows. In each embodiment, a plurality of stents are interconnected together with a connector. In one embodiment, the connector |
| 5725548 |
Self-locking stent and method for its production |
March 10, 1998 |
| A tubular member is formed from a flat sheet having opposed longitudinal edges. Rows of parallel longitudinal slots are cut in the flat sheet and at least three holes are cut along the opposed longitudinal edges. The holes are aligned with the holes on the opposed edge and sutured togeth |
