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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dane T. Seddon, Boston, MA (US);
Daniel Ross, Watertown, MN (US);
Burns P. Doran, Monticello, MN (US);
Sean P. Fleury, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mark D. Wood, Sterling, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/046 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed primarily to a stent for use in the trachea. The stent has a nominally deployed state, an axially extended state and an axially compressed state. The stent has a length. In the axially extended state, the length is at least 20% greater than in the nominally deployed state.