US 11,980,555 B2
Implantable stent
Michael A. Longo, Glenmoore, PA (US); and William James Harrison, Signal Mountain, TN (US)
Assigned to VESPER MEDICAL, INC., Wayne, PA (US)
Filed by Vesper Medical, Inc., Wayne, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,048.
Application 17/733,048 is a continuation of application No. 16/671,859, filed on Nov. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,344,439.
Application 16/671,859 is a continuation of application No. 15/916,843, filed on Mar. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,500,078, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257394 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/915 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2/885 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91583 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent comprising:
at least one strip including a plurality of main struts and a plurality of first connector struts,
wherein the main struts are obliquely oriented to a longitudinal axis of the stent, and wherein the at least one strip extends circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the stent,
wherein the first connector struts extend between and connect circumferentially adjacent pairs of the main struts and opposing ends of each main strut of the plurality of main struts define respective opposing edges of the at least one strip,
wherein at least one of the first connector struts connects each circumferentially adjacent pair of the main struts from one of the opposing ends of a first main strut of the circumferentially adjacent pair to a location between the opposing ends of a second main strut of the circumferentially adjacent pair; and
a plurality of second connector struts, wherein ends of the second connector struts are connected to the main struts between the opposing ends of the main struts so as to reduce foreshortening of the stent during expansion; and
wherein at least another one of the first connector struts connects each circumferentially adjacent pair of the main struts from a location between the opposing ends of the first main strut to a location between the opposing ends of the second main strut.