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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
C.r. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventors:
John D. McDermott, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Khoi Q. Ta, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91508 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91533 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent including a plurality of curved sections and a connector. The curved sections surround a longitudinal axis to define a tube portion and are distributed along the longitudinal axis to form a helix. The connector includes a bioresorbable material and is positioned between two adjacent curved sections. The stent has a spring constant that changes to a different spring constant after exposure to biological material.