KR960013393A - X-레이 가시성 스텐트 - Google Patents

X-레이 가시성 스텐트 Download PDF

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KR960013393A
KR960013393A KR1019950037496A KR19950037496A KR960013393A KR 960013393 A KR960013393 A KR 960013393A KR 1019950037496 A KR1019950037496 A KR 1019950037496A KR 19950037496 A KR19950037496 A KR 19950037496A KR 960013393 A KR960013393 A KR 960013393A
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핀채식 그레고리
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야곱 리치터
메디놀 리미티드
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/82Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/86Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00Catheters; Hollow probes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/14Materials characterised by their function or physical properties, e.g. injectable or lubricating compositions, shape-memory materials, surface modified materials
    • A61L31/18Materials at least partially X-ray or laser opaque

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본 발명은 적어도 일 단부에 상당량의 질량을 가지는 스텐트에 관한 것이다. 일 실시예에서, 스텐트는 원자량이 많은 금 또는 탈탄륨 같은 물질로 도금된다. 도금재로 스텐트 전체 또는 그 일부만을 피복할 수 있다. 제2실시예에서, 스탠트의 단부는 금속을 충분히 가지는 돌출부를 포함하여 X-레이가 보이도록 한다. [선택도] 제3도

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X-레이 가시성 스텐트
본 내용은 요부공개 건이므로 전문내용을 수록하지 않았음

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  1. 적어도 일단부에 상당량의 질량을 가지는 본체로 형성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 X-레이 가시성 스텐트.
  2. 제1유형의 금속으로 형성된 본체로 형성되고, 적어도 일부가 제2유형의 금속으로 도금된 X-레이 가시성 스텐트에 있어서, 상기 제2유형의 금속은 원자량이 큰 것을 특징으로 하는 X-레이 가시성 스텐트.
  3. 적어도 일연부에 금속제 돌출부를 가지는 얇은 금속제 본체로 형성된 것을 특징으로 하는 X-레이 가시성 스텐트.
  4. 제3항에 있어서, 상기 연부는 제1폭을 가지는 루프를 구비하여, 상기 돌출부는 폭이 상기 제1폭의 2 내지 5배인 제2폭을 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 X-레이 가시성 스텐트.
    ※ 참고사항 : 최초출원 내용에 의하여 공개하는 것임.
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