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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Gary A. Jordan, Litchfield, NH (US);
Ronald A. Sahatjian, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61L 2400/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radially-expandable stent for implantation in a bodily passageway, being expandable from an initial unexpanded state to an expanded state, having an outer surface with a geometric pattern covering said outer surface to minimize migration after implantation is provided. Also provided is a method of manufacturing such a stent.