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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Claude O. Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2002/825 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8483 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8486 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0026 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0028 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent that includes a plurality of quill filaments. Each quill filament includes filament material, a surface, and a plurality of quills. Each quill has a tip, a body, and a base where the body extends from the base to the tip. The quill filaments can be interwoven to form the stent or the quill filaments can be engaged to the framework of a stent.