US 12,336,921 B2
Stent device having reduced foreshortening and recoil and method of making same
John Lane, Manchester, NH (US); David Heim, Portsmouth, NH (US); Christine Schick, Merrimack, NH (US); Jennifer Letzelter, Littleton, CO (US); and Susan Hamelin, Dracut, MA (US)
Assigned to ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION, Merrimack, NH (US)
Filed by ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION, Merrimack, NH (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,062.
Application 17/088,518 is a division of application No. 16/388,288, filed on Apr. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,842,656, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Application 18/511,062 is a continuation of application No. 17/088,518, filed on Nov. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,865,018.
Application 16/388,288 is a continuation of application No. 13/834,250, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 10,271,975, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082024 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/89 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91541 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91583 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for interconnecting members coupling a plurality of radially expandable rings of a stent device together, the system comprising:
a plurality of radially expandable rings;
a plurality of the interconnecting members, each of the interconnecting members comprising:
a first coupling end directly connected to a first one of the radially expandable rings;
a second coupling end opposite the first coupling end and directly connected to a second one of the radially expandable rings; and
an elongate portion connected between the first coupling end and the second coupling end, wherein the first coupling end, the elongate portion, and the second coupling end combine in a first orientation or a second orientation that is substantially a mirror image of the first orientation,
wherein each of the plurality of the interconnecting members has a fusiform shape in which a width of each interconnecting member at a center of the elongate portion is a widest position of each interconnecting member, wherein each interconnecting member narrows along its length in both directions from the center of the elongate portion, and wherein the first coupling end forms a first end of the fusiform shape and the second coupling end forms a second end of the fusiform shape.