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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Zeke Eller, Dallas, TX (US);
John William Hall, North Salt Lake, UT (US);
Robert S. Kellar, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Rachel Lynn Simmons, Bountiful, UT (US);
Robert J. Radford, Fremont, CA (US);
Bart Dolmatch, Dallas, TX (US);
Zeke Eller, Dallas, TX (US);
John William Hall, North Salt Lake, UT (US);
Robert S. Kellar, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Rachel Lynn Simmons, Bountiful, UT (US);
Robert J. Radford, Fremont, CA (US);
Bart Dolmatch, Dallas, TX (US);
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
A stent or other prosthesis may be formed by coating a single continuous wire scaffold with a polymer coating. The polymer coating may consist of layers of electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun PTFE of certain porosities may permit endothelial cell growth within the prosthesis.