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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Ryan D. Kariniemi, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Jeffrey J. Kustusch, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Mark J. Ulm, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0066 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent and method of making incorporating flexible, preferably polymeric, connecting elements into the stent wherein these elements connect element(s) across an intervening space. The polymeric connecting elements are designed to fold within the space between the outer diameter of the stent and the inner diameter of the stent.