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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lauren Sfakis Lydecker, Millbury, MA (US);
Jessica L. Grimsby, Somerville, MA (US);
Karim Tarabein, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Travis Henchie, Worcester, MA (US);
Nicholas Ryan D'Avanzo, Sparta, NJ (US);
Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An example medical stent for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The example stent includes an expandable scaffold having a first end region, a second end region and an outer surface. The stent further includes a first fixation member coupled to the expandable scaffold and a biodegradable material disposed along the first fixation member at a first tissue engagement region. Further, the biodegradable material is designed to degrade from a first configuration in which the biodegradable material shields the first fixation member from a target tissue site to a second configuration in which the first fixation member is engaged with the target tissue site.