Inventors:
Eric V. Schmid - San Diego CA, US
John D. Nguyen - San Diego CA, US
Steven C. Howard - San Diego CA, US
Orlando M. Padilla - Laguna Niguel CA, US
Andrew Morris - San Diego CA, US
Robert F. Eisele - Carlsbad CA, US
Joseph Anthony DiPari - La Mesa CA, US
David G. Matsuura - Encinitas CA, US
Philip J. Simpson - Escondido CA, US
Walter D. Gillespie - San Diego CA, US
Daniel Moore - San Diego CA, US
Thomas R. Jackson - La Jolla CA, US
Joan Zeltinger - Encinitas CA, US
Keith Allen Esser - San Diego CA, US
Donald K. Brandom - Davis AZ, US
Assignee:
REVA Medical, Inc. - San Diego CA
International Classification:
A61F 2/82
Abstract:
The invention relates to an expandable stent comprising circumferentially adjacent modules. The modules comprise longitudinally adjacent slide-and-lock radial elements which permit one-way sliding of the radial elements from a collapsed diameter to an expanded/deployed diameter, but inhibit radial recoil from the expanded diameter.