MODULAR ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTORS BETWEEN MODULES

• Main Authors: VON OEPEN RANDOLF, NEWHAUSER RICHARD, YRIBARREN TRAVIS R, SHRIVASTAVA SANJAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.12.2008
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A modular endoprosthesis is configured to have improved flexibility during and after deployment by having separate endoprosthetic modules that are interconnected by flexible interconnectors. The modular endoprosthesis includes a plurality of separate endoprosthetic modules positioned adjacently so that a first end of a first endoprosthetic module is adjacent to an end of a second endoprosthetic module and a second end of the first endoprosthetic module is adjacent to an end of a third endoprosthetic module. Additionally, the modular endoprosthesis includes a plurality of flexible interconnectors coupled to the plurality of separate endoprosthetic modules so as to interconnect the first end of the first endoprosthetic module with the end of the second endoprosthetic module with a first flexible interconnector, and interconnect the second end of the first endoprosthetic module with the end of the third endoprosthetic module with a second flexible interconnector.