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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Kurt Ballou, Allston, MA (US);
George T. Roberts, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Kristian J. Dimatteo, Maynard, MA (US);
Adrian C. Ravenscroft, Milton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kurt Ballou, Allston, MA (US);
George T. Roberts, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Kristian J. DiMatteo, Maynard, MA (US);
Adrian C. Ravenscroft, Milton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-expanding metal wire stent made of shape memory alloy such as nitinol in which a plurality of spaced sections of closed cells are interconnected by straight sections of wire which may be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent or may be disposed angularly with respect thereto.