1-76. (canceled)
77. A stent for use in a body passageway, comprising:
a plurality of wires braided to form a self-expanding braided tubular structure, the braided wires forming braiding angles along a length of the tubular structure;
wherein a portion of the wires are plastically deformed to reduce foreshortening of the braided structure.
78. The stent of claim 77, wherein the braiding angles are obtuse angles.
79. The stent of claim 78, therein the obtuse angles from about 110\xb0 to about 120\xb0.
80. The stent of claim 77, wherein the wires comprise metallic material.
81. The stent of claim 77, wherein the plastically deformed portion is a bend.
82. The stent of claim 77, wherein the plastically deformed portion is an arched portion.
83. The stent of claim 77, wherein the plastically deformed portion is a smooth curved portion.
84. The stent of claim 77, wherein braided tubular structure has a substantially uniform diameter.
85. The stent of claim 77, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of plastically deformed portions, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
86. The stent of claim 85, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
87. The stent of claim 81, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of plastically deformed portions, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
88. The stent of claim 87, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
89. A stent for use in a body passageway, comprising:
a plurality of wires braided to form a self-expanding braided tubular structure, the braided wires forming braiding angles along a length of the tubular structure;
wherein a portion of the wires are plastically deformed to reduce flattening of the braided structure under radial deformation.
90. The stent of claim 89, wherein the braiding angles are obtuse angles.
91. The stent of claim 90, therein the obtuse angles from about 110\xb0 to about 120\xb0.
92. The stent of claim 89, wherein the wires comprise metallic material.
93. The stent of claim 89, wherein the plastically deformed portion is a bend.
94. The stent of claim 89, wherein the plastically deformed portion is an arched portion.
95. The stent of claim 89, wherein the plastically deformed portion is a smooth curved portion.
96. The stent of claim 89, wherein braided tubular structure has a substantially uniform diameter.
97. The stent of claim 89, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of plastically deformed portions, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
98. The stent of claim 97, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
99. The stent of claim 93, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of plastically deformed portions, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
100. The stent of claim 99, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
101. A stent for use in a body passageway, comprising:
a plurality of wires braided to form a self-expanding braided tubular structure, the braided wires forming braiding angles along a length of the tubular structure;
wherein a portion of the wires are plastically deformed to restrict their movement within the braided tubular structure.
102. The stent of claim 101, wherein the braiding angles are obtuse angles.
103. The stent of claim 102, wherein the obtuse angles from about 110\xb0 to about 120\xb0.
104. The stent of claim 101, wherein the wires comprise metallic material.
105. The stent of claim 101, wherein the plastically deformed portion is a bend.
106. The stent of claim 101, wherein the plastically deformed portion is an arched portion.
107. The stent of claim 101, wherein the plastically deformed portion is a smooth curved portion.
108. The stent of claim 101, wherein braided tubular structure has a substantially uniform diameter.
109. The stent of claim 101, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of plastically deformed portions, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
110. The stent of claim 101, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
111. The stent of claim 105, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of plastically deformed portions, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
112. The stent of claim 111, wherein the plastically deformed portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
113. A stent for use in a body passageway, comprising:
a plurality of wires braided to form a self-expanding braided tubular structure, the braided wires forming braiding angles along a length of the tubular structure;
wherein portions of the wires are plastically deformed to provide smooth curved, arched portions.
114. The stent of claim 113, wherein the braiding angles are obtuse angles.
115. The stent of claim 114, therein the obtuse angles from about 110\xb0 to about 120\xb0.
116. The stent of claim 113, wherein the wires comprise metallic material.
117. The stent of claim 113, wherein the smooth curved, arched portions are bends.
118. The stent of claim 113, wherein the smooth curved, arched portions equidistant from one and another.
119. The stent of claim 113, wherein braided tubular structure has a substantially uniform diameter.
120. The stent of claim 113, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and wherein the arched portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
121. The stent of claim 120, wherein the arched portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
122. The stent of claim 117, wherein the braided structure further comprises a proximal end and a distal end; and wherein the arched portions are disposed at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end.
123. The stent of claim 117, wherein the arched portions are disposed at both the proximal end and the distal end.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method to facilitate management of risk related to political exposure associated with a financial transaction, comprising:
receiving digital financial transaction data into a computer system including data identifying a participant in the financial transaction;
determining that the participant is a politically identified person (\u201cPIP\u201d) by referencing digital data in a memory of a computer system indicating that the participant has a status of at least one of: an elected official, a bureaucrat, a political appointee, a World Bank Official and a military personnel;
calculating a first category political risk score based on the financial transaction data;
calculating a second category political risk score based on the financial transaction data;
calculating, based on the first and second category political risk scores, an overall transaction political risk quotient associated with the financial transaction; and
comparing the overall transaction political risk quotient with a risk quotient threshold to determine a suggested action associated with the financial transaction.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the overall transaction political risk quotient is further calculated based on weights applied to said first and second category political risk scores.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the suggested action is at least one of: (i) a recommendation to decline the financial transaction; (ii) a recommendation to gather additional information associated with the financial transaction; (iii) a recommendation to monitor the financial transaction; and (iv) notifying an authority.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the financial transaction is at least one of: (i) a request to open a new account; and (ii) a transaction associated with an existing account.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the financial transaction is associated with a financial institution, the method further comprising:
aggregating the overall transaction political risk quotient with a plurality of overall transaction political risk quotients associated with a plurality of financial transactions to identify an aggregate political risk quotient associated with the financial institution.
6. A computer-implemented method to facilitate management of risk related to political exposure associated with a financial transaction, comprising:
receiving financial transaction data associated with the transaction;
calculating a first numerical value representative of a political risk based on the financial transaction data;
calculating a second numerical value representative of a political risk based on the financial transaction data;
calculating, based on the first and second numerical values, an overall transaction political risk quotient associated with the financial transaction; and
generating, based on the overall transaction political risk quotient, a suggested action for the financial transaction.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first numerical value is an indication that a participant in the financial transaction is at least one of: (i) an elected official, (ii) a bureaucrat, (iii) a political appointee, (iv) a World Bank Official, and (v) a military personnel.
8. A computer-implemented method to facilitate management of risk related to political exposure associated with a financial transaction, comprising:
receiving digital financial transaction data into a computer system including data identifying a participant in the financial transaction;
determining that the participant is a politically identified person (\u201cPIP\u201d) by referencing digital data in a memory of a computer system indicating that the participant has a status of at least one of: an elected official, a bureaucrat, a political appointee, a World Bank Official and a military personnel;
calculating a first numerical value representative of a political risk based on the financial transaction data;
calculating a second numerical value representative of a political risk based on the financial transaction data;
calculating, based on the first and second numerical values, an overall transaction political risk quotient associated with the financial transaction; and
comparing the overall transaction political risk quotient with a risk quotient threshold to determine a suggested action associated with the financial transaction.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the overall transaction political risk quotient is further calculated based on weight to said first and second numerical values.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the suggested action is at least one of: (i) a recommendation to decline the financial transaction; (ii) a recommendation to gather additional information associated with the financial transaction; (iii) a recommendation to monitor the financial transaction; and (iv) notifying an authority.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the financial transaction is at least one of: (i) a request to open a new account; and (ii) a transaction associated with an existing account.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the financial transaction is associated with a financial institution, the method further comprising:
aggregating the overall transaction political risk quotient with a plurality of overall transaction political risk quotients associated with a plurality of financial transactions to identify an aggregate political risk quotient associated with the financial institution.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the second numerical value relates to a political risk category.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein the overall risk quotient comprises a scaled numeric or scaled alpha-numeric value.