A system for delivery of a stent dilatable by means of a balloon, including a multilumen polymeric catheter having at least two balloons at the input end, ...
They also are suitable for use to support and hold back a dissected arterial lining that can occlude the fluid passageway. At present, there are numerous ...
When one attempts to place multiple stents and in the segments most in need ... The more length of artery that receives a stent that it does not need, the ...
... artery can be varied through pattern changes to address specific needs. A hybrid stent design can be performed in many different manners, for example the ...
They also are suitable for use to support and hold back a dissected arterial lining that can occlude the fluid passageway. At present, there are numerous ...
When a stent-graft is deployed in the aortic arch, it covers arteries that supply the brain. Therefore, it is important that such a stent-graft will have ...
Generally, leakage around a AAA stent-graft is usually caused by one or more stresses on the device. Two types of stresses—bending and longitudinal—have been ...
An already deployed stent with its nominal diameter will hinder the placement of the second stent. The presence of the two stents eventually creates a bulging ...
... can be expanded as they will be on a stent during use. ... Stented arteries will be isolated and embedded with a methacrylate formulation. Multiple ...
... stent is covered with a graft material, avoids blocking flow to the external carotid artery. In another embodiment, stents can be placed that have a shape ...
In many cases, the stent is placed in a human artery or vein. The method of monitoring will typically comprise monitoring electrical resistance in the stent.
... stent or other graft embodiments disclosed herein can have one or more ... The stent graft 30 can be positioned proximally below the renal arteries 2 a ...
In such instances, a fenestrated graft can be implanted in the main vessel while smaller branch grafts can be deployed in the branch arteries. The main vessel ...
They are particularly suitable for use to support and hold back a dissected arterial lining which can occlude the fluid passageway there through. ... a multi- ...
... they have a number of drawbacks that could be significant in some applications. ... As yet another example, a single wire embodiment stent may have only one ...
Where the damaged artery wall is still somewhat viable, a radially expandable stent can ... The stent-graft can be a tubular structure with two ends or can have ...
For example, a stent 1 having an expanded outside diameter of about 3 mm can have two peaks 24 or curves 22 whereas a stent designed to have an expanded outside ...
Restenosed arteries may have to undergo another angioplasty. Restenosis can be inhibited by a common procedure that consists of inserting a stent into the ...
In many situations a physician will provide a crossover graft between the left carotid artery and the left subclavian artery so that the distal fenestration 15 ...