Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Composite stent with inner and outer stent elements and method of using the same
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Application No.: US10962567Application Date: 2004-10-13
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Publication No.: US08435285B2Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Peter J. Shank , Sheng-Ping Zhong , Kinh-Luan D. Dao , F. Anthony Headley, Jr.
- Applicant: Peter J. Shank , Sheng-Ping Zhong , Kinh-Luan D. Dao , F. Anthony Headley, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61F2/82
- IPC: A61F2/82
Abstract:
An endoprosthesis comprising a stent, a cover fully covering the stent wherein the cover has variable porosity in the radial direction; and an adhesion layer connecting the stent to the cover. Another aspect of the invention is a method of implanting an endoprosthesis which includes a stent, providing a cover with variable porosity in the radial direction, connecting the stent to the cover with an adhesion layer to form a covered stent, and implanting the covered stent within a body lumen of a patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050110214A1 Composite stent with inner and outer stent elements and method of using the same Public/Granted day:2005-05-26
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