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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
James D. Silverman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Olga Baykova, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods that include a self-expanding endoprosthesis having a reduced configuration and a deployed configuration. The self-expanding endoprosthesis may include a self-expanding stent element having an enlarged diameter and a graft component attached to at least a portion of the self-expanding stent element and having an enlarged diameter less than the enlarged diameter of the self-expanding stent element in the deployed configuration.