Patents Assigned to Abbottt Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited
  • Apparatus for a stent having an expandable web structure
    Patent number: 7789905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drug-coated stent comprising a tubular flexible body having a wall with a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to deployed configuration. The web structure comprises a plurality of neighboring web patterns, where each web patterns is composed of adjoining webs, and the web patterns are interconnected by connection elements. Each adjoining web comprises a central section interposed between two lateral sections to form concave or convex configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Abbottt Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Gerd Seibold