Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Andrew W Buirge

Paul H Burmeister

Charles L Euteneuer

Dean A Peterson

Susan M Shoemaker

Paul J Buscemi

Phlayne M Fraser

Fertac Bilge

A stent has a tubular body with end regions and a middle region. The tubular body has a plurality of openings in it, the number of openings greater in the middle region than in the end regions. The tubular members also comprise an inner component and an outer component, the outer component disposed about the inner component. The inner component comprises a woven braid.

Stent delivery apparatus and method

A constrained stet has a plurality of stent retaining bands disposed about the stent which maintains the stent in a reduced diameter configuration. The stent is capable of being expanded from a reduced diameter configuration to a fully expanded configuration.

A delivery system for implantation of a self-expanding stent in a vessel consists of an elongate flexible catheter for delivering a self-expanding stent to a predetermined location in a vessel. The stent surrounds the flexible catheter near its distal end and is held in a delivery configuration where the stent has a reduced radius along its entire axial length by a stent retaining and release means. The stent retaining and release means is either one or more slipping sleeves which either contain the stent themselves or form a waterproof chamber with the stent being contained by water soluble bands or swelling bands. The stent retaining and release means can also be a pair of sleeves connected to hydraulic pistons, or a pair of sleeves connected to push/pull wires.

A method of depositing collagen coatings on a metal surface, namely metal stents, by electrodeposition.

Stent with collagen

A multi-layer vascular therapeutic-containing prosthesis designed and arranged to 'pump' the therapeutics into the blood stream.

Intravascular stent pump

Collagen applied to a vascular stem for increasing the biocompatability of the stent on implantation find method of treatment.

A balloon/stent device for enlarging in situ to fit against a vessel wall and hardening in place.

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Andrew W Buirge