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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
Inventors:
Darrell Skousen, Lehi, UT (US);
Anton E. Bowden, Lindon, UT (US);
Assignee:
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-stage stent including a stent body and a bio-erodible material is provided. The stent body can be compressed in an initial state and the bio-erodible material can be coupled to the stent body in a configuration that holds the stent body in an expanded first state, following a first stage expansion from the initial state upon deployment of the stent body. Upon erosion of the bio-erodible material the stent body is released from the first state to expand further in a second stage expansion to a second state.