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Definitions
- TITLE FLEXIBLE STENT WITH OFFSET OPENINGS
- the field of this invention relates to vascular stents that can be delivered to a predetermined position and allowed to spring outwardly or, in the alternative, which can be expanded in place.
- Vascular stents are structures that are designed to maintain the patency of a vessel in the body.
- the stent provides internal support to allow the circulation to proceed therethrough.
- Stents can be used in the vascular system in ureters, bile ducts, esophagus, and in many other tubular structures in the human body.
- Stents can be tubular or can be made from wire. Stents are typically made from a metal or polymeric substance or a metal coated with polymers which are biocompatible or contain heparin to reduce blood clotting or other tissue reactions. Many prior designs have used a coil approach where a wire is helically wound on a mandrel. Yet other designs have evolved — braided wire mesh and angulated wire forms wrapped on a spindle to form a coil.
- U.S. Patent 5,292,331 by Boneau and U.S. Patent 5,403,341 describe such wire forms. These devices have very poor radial support to withstand the hoop strengths of the artery or vein and further are not suitable for arteries that are bent or curved or for long lesions; multiple stents are required. These designs do not provide any support to hold the wall of the artery, other than the memory of the metal.
- Wall Stent produced by Pfizer Inc., is a braided wire tube. Although this stent is flexible so as to be placed in curved arteries or veins and other body cavities, it does not have any radial strength imparted to it by design.
- Wiktor U.S. Patents 4,649,922; 4,886,062; 4,969,458; and 5,133,732 de- scribe a wire form stent. He describes stents made of wire helix made of a pre ⁇ formed wire which is in the sinusoidal form, in which either all or some of the adjacent strands are connected.
- U.S. Patents 4,733,665; 4,739,762; 7,776,337; and 4,793,348 describe such a rube stent of slotted metal tube.
- the slotted metal tube is expanded by a high-pressure balloon to implant the stent into the inside wall of the artery or vein.
- U.S. Patent 5,213,561 describes a similar stent made of tubular materials with slots cut into it. On expansion using a balloon, it forms a structure with diamond-shaped slots.
- Henry Wall, U.S. Patent 5,266,073 also describes a stent, tubular, that has slots machined into it. When expanded, the edges of the stent lock to form a cylinder. Not only is this device stiff and can only be used for short lesions, but also the diameter cannot be adjusted to meet the exact needs of the particular vessel but it is fixed to the predetermined sizes.
- U.S. Patent 5,344,426 describes a slotted tubular stent that has a structure similar to Henry Wall's but has provided prongs that will lock in as the stent is expanded.
- Michael Marin U.S. Patent 5,397,355 also describes a tubular slotted stent with locking prongs.
- U.S. Patent 5,443,500 illustrates the use of square openings with rectangular prongs that stick therethrough to lock the stent.
- This design as well as other locking mechanisms, generally have resulted in very stiff stents because of the use of a tubular-type grid construction. Further, the locking devices have resulted in sha ⁇ outwardly oriented tabs which are used for the locking, which could cause vascular damage.
- European patent document 042172982 employs wires that are doubled up and whose ends are snipped off to make a given joint. Such doubling up at the junction of two elements with snipped off free ends creates a potential puncture problem upon radial expansion. The sheer bulk of the doubled up wires makes them rotate radially outwardly away from the longitudinal centerline of the stent, while the plain ends on such an arrangement which are snipped off offer the potential of sha ⁇ points which can puncture or damage the intima.
- the apparatus of the present invention employing sha ⁇ angles, as defined, avoids this problem in an embodiment which illustrates a continuous wire or wire- like member bent into a sha ⁇ angle.
- This type of structure alleviates the concerns of sha ⁇ edges, as well as the tendency of a doubled up heavy joint to rotate outwardly toward the intima upon radial expansion of the stem, as would be expected in the EPO reference 042172982.
- these stents are layered with polymeric sheaths that are impregnated with biocompatible substances or can be coated with heparin or hydrogel. Most sheath-type coatings reduce endothelial cell growth through the stent, which is a major requirement in successful stenting of body cavities such as arteries and veins.
- Recoil deals with the memory of the stent mate ⁇ rial which, generally speaking, upon expansion in the blood vessel will want to recoil back to its original shape. This can be problematic because it is desirable for the stent, once expanded, to remain in good contact with the vessel wall to avoid longitudinal shifting. Furthermore, any recoil constricts the flow passage and presents a greater portion of the stent in the blood flowpath, thus creating addi- tional complications due to the turbulence which ensues.
- compo ⁇ nent twist This phenomenon generally occurs when the cross-sectional area of the components is rectangular, such as when the stent is manufactured from a cylindri ⁇ cal piece which is then cut by lasers or other means to form the particular pattern.
- radial expansion of such stents generally results in a twist of the component segments such that they extend into the flowpath in the artery or vein. Again, this causes turbulence which is undesirable.
- stents of the present invention have the objective of addressing the issue of recoil, as well as providing an anchoring mechanism to fixate the stent once set.
- Several of the designs inco ⁇ orate flexibility to allow the stent to follow a bend or curve in a vascular flowpath while a the same time providing sufficient radial deformation to ensure proper fixation while minimizing angular twisting move- ments of the stent components to minimize turbulence through the stent.
- a tubular stent is disclosed that is made of a series of bands having a generally tubular shape with an open end.
- Each band has an open rectangular form made of an elongated material.
- the bands have the open ends (or interruptions) in an offset manner and each band has crosstie or ties which are either rigid or flexible. Ties, even if they are straight, can be disposed close to each other, or further away from each other, and can vary in number in order to adjust the relative stiffness of the stent.
- Each of the bands are preferably a generally rectan ⁇ gular shape and can be made from a wire of a variety of different cross-sections, or can be cut from a flat sheet, or burned out of a cylindrical shape.
- Figure 1 is a flattened view of the stent prior to rolling into a tubular shape showing straight crossties between a plurality of bands.
- Figure 2 is a section along lines 2-2 of Figure 1 showing some alternative cross-sectional shapes for the bands which comprise the tubular structure of the stent.
- Figure 3 is a top view of the unrolled stent of Figure 1 showing the break in the top band.
- Figure 4 is similar to Figure 3 in that it shows the next band adjacent to the band illustrated in Figure 3 showing how the openings in each band are offset.
- Figure 5 is an alternative embodiment of the stent of Figure 1 showing flexible crossties.
- Figure 6 is a section along line 6-6 of Figure 5 showing the variety of some of the cross-sections that can be employed for the stent.
- Figure 7 is another embodiment to the stent of Figures 1 and 5 showing the crossties further spaced apart and generally closer to the open segment of each band.
- Figure 8 is a section along line 8-8 of Figure 7.
- Figure 9 is a top view of the stent of Figure 7.
- the stent of the present invention is shown in an unrolled condition in Figure 1.
- the pattern indicated in Figure 1 can be cut from a flat sheet and rolled around a mandrel (not shown).
- the stent comprises a series of bands 10.
- Each band in Figure 1 is a generally rectangular form and preferably any closed form. Any loose ends could form sha ⁇ points which could damage the vascular wall and, therefore, should preferably be avoided.
- the mandrel size is selected such that upon rolling around the mandrel, each of the bands 10 has an interruption or gap 12, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
- the width of the gap can vary depending on the stiffness desired.
- the interruption or gap is preferably aligned with the longitudinal axis of the stent S.
- Figure 3 could relate to the top band shown in Figure 1 with Figure 4 of the band 10 immediately underneath.
- the gaps 12 will be offset from one band 10 to the next adjacent band.
- the angular offset of gaps 12 between bands 10 can be varied to achieve varying degrees of stiffness.
- Each of the bands 10 are joined together by one or more crossties 14. In the embodiment of Figure 1, the crossties are straight and there are three between each of the bands 10.
- the crossties 14 tend to be gathered at one side of each band 10 and on one side of gap 12 as opposed to distributed over its length, as shown by the designs in Figures 5 and 7.
- Figure 3 also shows the manner in which the crossties 14 are disposed with respect to the gap 12. Because the gap 12 in each band is offset from the gap 12 in the band 10 adjacent to it, the crossties between respective bands 10 are also offset from each other, as illustrated by comparing Figures 3 and 4.
- Figure 2 illustrates that the cross-section can be round, rectangular, oval, elliptical, or some other shape.
- the stent of Figure 1 can be made from using laser etching from a cylindrical shape, or using a cutting from a flat shape, or using a wire of the desired cross-section and forming the shapes of the bands 10.
- Figure 5 illustrates that instead of using the straight crossties 14, as illustrat ⁇ ed in Figure 1, generally S-shaped crossties 16 can be used which are far more flexible.
- the construction of the stent made from the flat pattern illustrated in Figure 5 is in other ways similar to the design of Figure 1 in that there are a plurality of bands 10, each with a gap, such as 12, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
- Figure 6 illustrates the variety of cross-sections that can be used with the stent of design No. 5, while Figure 8 illustrates the same designs of cross- sectional area that can be used with the stent shown in Figure 7.
- Figure 7 illustrates the use of two straight crossties very close to the gap 12, which is ultimately formed by each of the bands 10 in a design of Figure 7.
- the design of Figure 7 will necessarily be stiffer than the design of Figure 1 since the crossties 14 are disposed closer to each opening 12 in each of the bands 10 that form the stent of Figure 7.
- the crossties can also be mixed and matched so that they are all straight, some straight and some with one or more bends, or all with one or more bends.
- each of the bands 10 can be further reinforced to make them stiffer by putting one or more ribs 18 within each band.
- the overall configuration of the band 10 can be revised without departing from the spirit of the invention to include one or more geometric gener ⁇ ally open shapes.
- the overall periphery of each band 10 can still have the gener ⁇ ally rectangular shape, however, it can be formed of a series of square shapes, or other shapes, and still fall within the purview of the invention.
- the flexible S-shape bands 16 of Figure 5 can lend considerable flexibility to the stent when it is formed into that tubular shape necessary for insertion into the vascular system.
- the stent can be made sufficiently flexible to be bent so that one end touches the opposite end twisting the stent into a generally U-shape and still have it spring back and retain its original shape without any kinking.
- T e designs illustrated in Figures 1, 5, and 7 also add other advantages in that when there is any bending to conform to the vascular structure, no wide gaps open in the section of the stent that is under tension, while at the same time the opposite end of the stent that is in compression due to a bend doesn't completely collapse and generally retains its original shape upon its inser ⁇ tion with minor deflection to accommodate the vascular structure. At the same time the use of geometric forms which are closed, such as a rectangular shape, provides sufficient strength to resist recoil after expansion.
- the gaps 12 allow radial expansion to anchor the stent S.
- the gaps 12 also allow minor diameter changes to the stent S. Offsetting the gaps lends uniformity to the stent and avoids giving it undue stiffness along a longitudinal line akin to a "spine.”
- a band structure made of an elongated material formed into the preferable rectangular shape.
- the materials that stents can be made of are well known to those skilled in the art. Some preferred materials are stainless steel, nickel titanium alloys or tantalum.
- the stents can be built to be self-expanding such as for example if a nickel-titanium alloy is used.
- the stent can be delivered and expanded in place by using a balloon catheter or any other delivery/expansion device such as disclosed in co-pending U.S. Application Serial No. 08/603,267, filed February 20, 1996, which is incor ⁇ porated as if fully set forth.
- bands 10 can be manufactured from sheet, from tube, or by other processes from elongated wire-like materials having any of the cross-sections shown in Figure 2 or other suitable cross-sections which are functionally equiva ⁇ lent and operationally similar.
Abstract
A stent is made of a plurality of elongated solid wire-like bands (10) which are each formed into a rectangular shape. Each band (10) is attached to the adjacent band (10) with a crosstie member (14) in an offset manner. The stent is formed by rolling the plurality of attached bands (10) into a cylinder which is not fully closed, leaving a series of offset gaps (12) along its length. The bands (10) can move with changes in the stent shape.
Description
TITLE: FLEXIBLE STENT WITH OFFSET OPENINGS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The field of this invention relates to vascular stents that can be delivered to a predetermined position and allowed to spring outwardly or, in the alternative, which can be expanded in place.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Vascular stents are structures that are designed to maintain the patency of a vessel in the body. The stent provides internal support to allow the circulation to proceed therethrough. Stents can be used in the vascular system in ureters, bile ducts, esophagus, and in many other tubular structures in the human body.
Stents can be tubular or can be made from wire. Stents are typically made from a metal or polymeric substance or a metal coated with polymers which are biocompatible or contain heparin to reduce blood clotting or other tissue reactions. Many prior designs have used a coil approach where a wire is helically wound on a mandrel. Yet other designs have evolved — braided wire mesh and angulated wire forms wrapped on a spindle to form a coil.
U.S. Patent 5,292,331 by Boneau and U.S. Patent 5,403,341 describe such wire forms. These devices have very poor radial support to withstand the hoop strengths of the artery or vein and further are not suitable for arteries that are bent or curved or for long lesions; multiple stents are required. These designs do not provide any support to hold the wall of the artery, other than the memory of the metal.
Wall Stent, produced by Pfizer Inc., is a braided wire tube. Although this stent is flexible so as to be placed in curved arteries or veins and other body cavities, it does not have any radial strength imparted to it by design.
Wiktor, U.S. Patents 4,649,922; 4,886,062; 4,969,458; and 5,133,732 de- scribe a wire form stent. He describes stents made of wire helix made of a pre¬ formed wire which is in the sinusoidal form, in which either all or some of the adjacent strands are connected.
Arthus Fontaine, U.S. Patent 5,370,683, also describes a similar device where a flat wire form of sinusoidal shape is wound on a mandrel to form a helical coil, the wire bends are "U" shaped and are connected to alternate "U"-shaped bands.
Allen Tower, U.S. Patents 5,217,483 and 5,389,106 describes a similar device where the wire is preformed to a sinusoidal shape and subsequently wound on a mandrel to foπn a helical coil. All of the above-described art fails to provide radial support. The pre- shaped wire form (sinusoidal in most of the prior art) is wrapped on a mandrel to form a coil. However, the forces imported by the vessel wall's hoop strength are radially inward. In other words, the force is acting peφendicular to the plane of the U-shaped wire form. This means that the bends that are in the wire add no structural strength to the wire form to support the force produced by the wall, which is radially inward.
When we examine the simple coils, such as taught in U.S. Patents Scott 5,383,928 or Gene Samson 5,370,691 or Rolando Gills 5,222,969, it is apparent that the spring coil will withstand substantial radial forces due to the vessel wall; however, all these stents are bulky in their pre-expanded form and are hard to place in small and curved arteries or veins of the body. Also, a major disadvantage
of this design is that when the coil stent is placed in a curved artery or vein, it forms an "accordion" shape whereby some strands in the outer radius are spread and those of the inner radius are gathered. Spring coils can also "flip" to form a flat structure when a longitudinal force is applied on one side of the stent. The other types of stents that have been developed are tube stents. Palmer,
U.S. Patents 4,733,665; 4,739,762; 7,776,337; and 4,793,348 describe such a rube stent of slotted metal tube. The slotted metal tube is expanded by a high-pressure balloon to implant the stent into the inside wall of the artery or vein.
Joseph Weinstein, U.S. Patent 5,213,561 describes a similar stent made of tubular materials with slots cut into it. On expansion using a balloon, it forms a structure with diamond-shaped slots.
Henry Wall, U.S. Patent 5,266,073 also describes a stent, tubular, that has slots machined into it. When expanded, the edges of the stent lock to form a cylinder. Not only is this device stiff and can only be used for short lesions, but also the diameter cannot be adjusted to meet the exact needs of the particular vessel but it is fixed to the predetermined sizes.
Lau and Hastigan, U.S. Patent 5,344,426 describes a slotted tubular stent that has a structure similar to Henry Wall's but has provided prongs that will lock in as the stent is expanded. Michael Marin, U.S. Patent 5,397,355 also describes a tubular slotted stent with locking prongs.
U.S. Patent 5,443,500 illustrates the use of square openings with rectangular prongs that stick therethrough to lock the stent. This design, as well as other locking mechanisms, generally have resulted in very stiff stents because of the use of a tubular-type grid construction. Further, the locking devices have resulted in
shaφ outwardly oriented tabs which are used for the locking, which could cause vascular damage.
All the above-described tube stents, although typically providing substantial radial support when expanded, are not flexible enough to be placed in curved vessels. Arteries and veins in the human body are mostly curved and are tapered. As such, these tube stents suffer from this main disadvantage.
European patent document 042172982 employs wires that are doubled up and whose ends are snipped off to make a given joint. Such doubling up at the junction of two elements with snipped off free ends creates a potential puncture problem upon radial expansion. The sheer bulk of the doubled up wires makes them rotate radially outwardly away from the longitudinal centerline of the stent, while the plain ends on such an arrangement which are snipped off offer the potential of shaφ points which can puncture or damage the intima. On the other hand, the apparatus of the present invention, employing shaφ angles, as defined, avoids this problem in an embodiment which illustrates a continuous wire or wire- like member bent into a shaφ angle. This type of structure alleviates the concerns of shaφ edges, as well as the tendency of a doubled up heavy joint to rotate outwardly toward the intima upon radial expansion of the stem, as would be expected in the EPO reference 042172982. Often these stents are layered with polymeric sheaths that are impregnated with biocompatible substances or can be coated with heparin or hydrogel. Most sheath-type coatings reduce endothelial cell growth through the stent, which is a major requirement in successful stenting of body cavities such as arteries and veins.
Several parameters in design of stents are important. Of the more important parameters is the issue of recoil. Recoil deals with the memory of the stent mate¬ rial which, generally speaking, upon expansion in the blood vessel will want to
recoil back to its original shape. This can be problematic because it is desirable for the stent, once expanded, to remain in good contact with the vessel wall to avoid longitudinal shifting. Furthermore, any recoil constricts the flow passage and presents a greater portion of the stent in the blood flowpath, thus creating addi- tional complications due to the turbulence which ensues.
Related to the concern regarding recoil is another concern regarding compo¬ nent twist. This phenomenon generally occurs when the cross-sectional area of the components is rectangular, such as when the stent is manufactured from a cylindri¬ cal piece which is then cut by lasers or other means to form the particular pattern. Particularly in the honeycombed designs involving the use of square or rectangular element cross-sections, radial expansion of such stents generally results in a twist of the component segments such that they extend into the flowpath in the artery or vein. Again, this causes turbulence which is undesirable.
Related to the problem of recoil or constriction after expansion is the ability of the stent to anchor itself in the vascular wall. An anchoring system that does not cause trauma is a desirable feature not found in the prior art.
Yet other considerations which are desirable in a stent not found in the prior art is the flexibility to be maneuvered around bends in the vascular system, coupled with the ability to conform to a bend without kinking or leaving large open areas. The stents of the present invention have the objective of addressing the issue of recoil, as well as providing an anchoring mechanism to fixate the stent once set. Several of the designs incoφorate flexibility to allow the stent to follow a bend or curve in a vascular flowpath while a the same time providing sufficient radial deformation to ensure proper fixation while minimizing angular twisting move- ments of the stent components to minimize turbulence through the stent.
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In a recent article appearing in late 1995, by Dr. Donald S. Bairn, entitled "New Stent Designs," a description is given of the ideal endovascular prosthesis. There, Dr. Bairn indicates that the ideal stent should have low implantation profile with enhanced flexibility to facilitate delivery. He goes on to say that the stent should be constructed from a noncorrosive, nonthrombogenic radiopaque alloy and have expanded geometry which maximizes radial strength to resist vascular recoil. The ideal stent described by Bairn is further described as having a wide range of diameters and lengths. Dr. Bairn concludes that it is unlikely that any current designs satisfy all these requirements. Thus, one of the objectives of the present invention is to go further than the prior designs in satisfying the criteria for the ideal designs as set forth by Dr. Baim in his recent article.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A tubular stent is disclosed that is made of a series of bands having a generally tubular shape with an open end. Each band has an open rectangular form made of an elongated material. The bands have the open ends (or interruptions) in an offset manner and each band has crosstie or ties which are either rigid or flexible. Ties, even if they are straight, can be disposed close to each other, or further away from each other, and can vary in number in order to adjust the relative stiffness of the stent. Each of the bands are preferably a generally rectan¬ gular shape and can be made from a wire of a variety of different cross-sections, or can be cut from a flat sheet, or burned out of a cylindrical shape.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a flattened view of the stent prior to rolling into a tubular shape showing straight crossties between a plurality of bands.
Figure 2 is a section along lines 2-2 of Figure 1 showing some alternative cross-sectional shapes for the bands which comprise the tubular structure of the stent.
Figure 3 is a top view of the unrolled stent of Figure 1 showing the break in the top band.
Figure 4 is similar to Figure 3 in that it shows the next band adjacent to the band illustrated in Figure 3 showing how the openings in each band are offset.
Figure 5 is an alternative embodiment of the stent of Figure 1 showing flexible crossties. Figure 6 is a section along line 6-6 of Figure 5 showing the variety of some of the cross-sections that can be employed for the stent.
Figure 7 is another embodiment to the stent of Figures 1 and 5 showing the crossties further spaced apart and generally closer to the open segment of each band. Figure 8 is a section along line 8-8 of Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a top view of the stent of Figure 7.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The stent of the present invention is shown in an unrolled condition in Figure 1. In order to make the stent S shown in Figure 1, the pattern indicated in Figure 1 can be cut from a flat sheet and rolled around a mandrel (not shown). The stent comprises a series of bands 10. Each band in Figure 1 is a generally rectangular form and preferably any closed form. Any loose ends could form shaφ points which could damage the vascular wall and, therefore, should preferably be avoided. When each of the bands 10 is rolled around a mandrel of a suitable diameter, the mandrel size is selected such that upon rolling around the mandrel,
each of the bands 10 has an interruption or gap 12, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The width of the gap can vary depending on the stiffness desired. The interruption or gap is preferably aligned with the longitudinal axis of the stent S. For example, Figure 3 could relate to the top band shown in Figure 1 with Figure 4 of the band 10 immediately underneath. As can be seen by the layout in which the stent S is cut from Figure 1, the gaps 12 will be offset from one band 10 to the next adjacent band. The angular offset of gaps 12 between bands 10 can be varied to achieve varying degrees of stiffness. Each of the bands 10 are joined together by one or more crossties 14. In the embodiment of Figure 1, the crossties are straight and there are three between each of the bands 10. The crossties 14 tend to be gathered at one side of each band 10 and on one side of gap 12 as opposed to distributed over its length, as shown by the designs in Figures 5 and 7. Figure 3 also shows the manner in which the crossties 14 are disposed with respect to the gap 12. Because the gap 12 in each band is offset from the gap 12 in the band 10 adjacent to it, the crossties between respective bands 10 are also offset from each other, as illustrated by comparing Figures 3 and 4. Figure 2 illustrates that the cross-section can be round, rectangular, oval, elliptical, or some other shape. The stent of Figure 1 can be made from using laser etching from a cylindrical shape, or using a cutting from a flat shape, or using a wire of the desired cross-section and forming the shapes of the bands 10.
Figure 5 illustrates that instead of using the straight crossties 14, as illustrat¬ ed in Figure 1, generally S-shaped crossties 16 can be used which are far more flexible. The construction of the stent made from the flat pattern illustrated in Figure 5 is in other ways similar to the design of Figure 1 in that there are a plurality of bands 10, each with a gap, such as 12, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
Once again, Figure 6 illustrates the variety of cross-sections that can be used with
the stent of design No. 5, while Figure 8 illustrates the same designs of cross- sectional area that can be used with the stent shown in Figure 7. Comparing the stent of Figures 1 and 7, it can be seen that the crossties 14 are now much further apart and fewer in number. Figure 7 illustrates the use of two straight crossties very close to the gap 12, which is ultimately formed by each of the bands 10 in a design of Figure 7. The design of Figure 7 will necessarily be stiffer than the design of Figure 1 since the crossties 14 are disposed closer to each opening 12 in each of the bands 10 that form the stent of Figure 7. The crossties can also be mixed and matched so that they are all straight, some straight and some with one or more bends, or all with one or more bends.
Additional changes can be made to affect the relative stiffness of the stent. For example, as shown in Figure 1, in dashed lines 18, each of the bands 10 can be further reinforced to make them stiffer by putting one or more ribs 18 within each band. The overall configuration of the band 10 can be revised without departing from the spirit of the invention to include one or more geometric gener¬ ally open shapes. The overall periphery of each band 10 can still have the gener¬ ally rectangular shape, however, it can be formed of a series of square shapes, or other shapes, and still fall within the purview of the invention.
It can be appreciated that the flexible S-shape bands 16 of Figure 5 can lend considerable flexibility to the stent when it is formed into that tubular shape necessary for insertion into the vascular system. In fact, the stent can be made sufficiently flexible to be bent so that one end touches the opposite end twisting the stent into a generally U-shape and still have it spring back and retain its original shape without any kinking. T e designs illustrated in Figures 1, 5, and 7 also add other advantages in that when there is any bending to conform to the vascular structure, no wide gaps open in the section of the stent that is under tension, while
at the same time the opposite end of the stent that is in compression due to a bend doesn't completely collapse and generally retains its original shape upon its inser¬ tion with minor deflection to accommodate the vascular structure. At the same time the use of geometric forms which are closed, such as a rectangular shape, provides sufficient strength to resist recoil after expansion. The gaps 12 allow radial expansion to anchor the stent S. The gaps 12 also allow minor diameter changes to the stent S. Offsetting the gaps lends uniformity to the stent and avoids giving it undue stiffness along a longitudinal line akin to a "spine."
The flexibility of the stents shown in Figures 1, 5, and 7 is also a function of the opening 12 in each of the bands and the offset nature of these openings.
Further combining with these features is the use of a band structure made of an elongated material formed into the preferable rectangular shape. The materials that stents can be made of are well known to those skilled in the art. Some preferred materials are stainless steel, nickel titanium alloys or tantalum. The stents can be built to be self-expanding such as for example if a nickel-titanium alloy is used.
Alternatively, the stent can be delivered and expanded in place by using a balloon catheter or any other delivery/expansion device such as disclosed in co-pending U.S. Application Serial No. 08/603,267, filed February 20, 1996, which is incor¬ porated as if fully set forth. Using such materials and known techniques of cutting or drawing, bands 10 can be manufactured from sheet, from tube, or by other processes from elongated wire-like materials having any of the cross-sections shown in Figure 2 or other suitable cross-sections which are functionally equiva¬ lent and operationally similar.
The foregoing disclosure and description of the invention are illustrative and explanatory thereof, and various changes in the size, shape and materials, as well
as in the details of the illustrated construction, may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Claims
CLAIMS A stent, comprising: a plurality of bands each made of an elongated material defining a closed geometric form and each said band having a generally tubular shape with an interruption; at least one crosstie joining said bands.
2. The stent of claim 1, wherein: said interruption in one of said bands is offset from said interruption of and adjacent said band.
3. The stent of claim 2, wherein: each said interruption is disposed substantially in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the tubular shape defined by said bands.
4. The stent of claim 1, wherein: at least some of said crossties are substantially straight.
5. The stent of claim 1, wherein: at least some of said crossties contain at least one bend.
6. The stent of claim 5, wherem: all of said crossties contain at least two bends.
7. The stent of claim 4, wherein: all of said crossties are substantially straight.
8. The stent of claim 4, wherein: said crossties are disposed adjacent said interruption on each said band and on both sides thereof.
9. The stent of claim 4, wherein: said crossties are disposed adjacent each other and on one side of said interruption.
10. The stent of claim 1, wherein: each band has an open generally rectangular form.
11. The stent of claim 3, wherein: said crossties are disposed adjacent said interruption on each said band and on both sides thereof.
12. The stent of claim 3, wherein: said crossties are disposed adjacent each other and on one side of said interruption.
13. The stent of claim 3, further comprising: each band has an open generally rectangular form.
14. The stent of claim 3, further comprising: at least some of said crossties are substantially straight.
15. The stent of claim 3, further comprising: at least some of said crossties contain at least one bend.
16. The stent of claim 16, further comprising: all of said crossties contain at least two bends.
17. The stent of claim 3, further comprising: all of said crossties are substantially straight.
18. The stent of claim 11, further comprising: at least some of said crossties are substantially straight.
19. The stent of claim 11, further comprising: all of said crossties are substantially straight.
20. The stent of claim 1, further comprising: said bands are self-expanding for placing the stent.
21. The stent of claim 1, further comprising: said bands are expandable with a delivery device for placing the stent.
22. The stent of claim 17, further comprising: said bands are self-expanding for placing the stent.
23. The stent of claim 17, further comprising: said bands are expandable with a delivery device for placing the stent.
AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 5 August 1997 (05.08.97); original claims 1-23 replaced by new claims 1-14 (4 pages)]
1. A stent, comprising:
a plurality of bands, each said band composed of an elongated solid wire¬
like material formed into a closed and substantially rectangular shape, said substantially
rectangular shape having two ends, a longitudinal axis along its length and extending
between said two ends, and a horizontal axis;
wherein each band is offset from the adjacent band such that the
corresponding band ends are offset from each other; and
wherein at least one cross-tie member extends between each pair of
adjacent bands thereby connecting said bands; and
wherein said plurality of bands are adapted to be rolled about said band
horizontal axis to form a cylindrical stent having a gap between the two ends of each
rolled band thus resulting in adjacent bands having relatively offset gaps; and
wherein said bands are adapted to move such that the size of the gap
changes in order to accommodate necessary changes in the cylindrical shape of the stent.
2 The stent of claim 1 wherein:
said crossties are disposed adjacent and in close proximity to and on either
side of said interruption on each said band.
3. The stent of claim 1, wherein:
said crossties are disposed adjacent each other and closer to one side of the
gap then they are to the other side of the gap.
4. The stent of claim 1, further comprising:
each band has an open generally rectangular form.
5. The stent of claim 1, further comprising:
at least some of said crossties are substantially straight.
6. The stent of claim 1, further comprising:
at least some of said crossties contain at least one bend.
7. The stent of claim 6 further comprising:
all of said crossties contain at least two bends.
8. The stent of claim 1, further comprising:
all of said crossties are substantially straight.
9. The stent of claim 2,further comprising:
at least some of said crossties are substantially straight.
10 The stent of claim 2 , further comprising:
all of said crossties are substantially straight.
11. The stent of claim 1 , further comprising:
said bands are self-expanding for placing the stent.
12. The stent of claim 1, further comprising:
said bands are expandable with a delivery device for placing the stent.
13. The stent of claim 8 further comprising:
said bands are self-expanding for placing the stent.
14. The stent of claim 8 further comprising:
said bands are expandable with a delivery device for placing the stent.
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