US 11,986,406 B2
Stent
Kosuke Ozawa, Hachioji (JP)
Assigned to Olympus Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/149,686, filed on Feb. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257393 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/90 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/90 (2013.01) [A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent, comprising:
a wire that is woven into a tubular fence forming a stent body;
a plurality of tubular units connected around a longitudinal center axis of the stent body; and
a plurality of connecting locations configured to connect adjacent ones of the plurality of tubular units and arranged along a plurality of circumferences with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the stent body,
wherein the plurality of circumferences include a first circumference having a first radius and a second circumference having a second radius, and the first radius is different from the second radius in length,
wherein the plurality of connecting locations include first connecting locations arranged along the first circumference, and second connecting locations arranged along the second circumference, and
wherein each of the first connecting locations is located at the first radius and each of the second connecting locations is located at the second radius.