Inventors:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. - Santa Rosa CA, US
Abhijeet Misra - Chicago IL, US
James W. Wright - Louisville CO, US
Joseph Berglund - Santa Rosa CA, US
Rajesh Prasannavenkatesan - Chicago IL, US
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. - Santa Rosa CA
International Classification:
A61F 2/04
Abstract:
A stent is formed from a magnesium alloy that consists essentially of: 0-10 weight % rare earth element; 0-5 weight % Li; 0-1 weight % Mn; 0-1 weight % Zr; and balance Mg, or the stent is formed from a magnesium alloy that consists essentially of: 0-5 weight % rare earth element; 0-8 weight % Li; 0-1 weight % Mn; 0-1 weight % Sn; 0-3 weight % Al; 0-4 weight % Zn; and balance Mg.