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HUMAN NECESSITIES
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MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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FILTERS 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
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Filters 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
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Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
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characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
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made from perforated sheets or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes
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with bands having a meander structure, adjacent bands being connected to each other
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the meander having a difference in amplitude along the band
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A61F2002/91508

Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
12546038 · 2026-02-10 · ·

A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.