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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Brian J. Brown, Hanover, MN (US);
David M. Knapp, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jan Weber, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Brown, Hanover, MN (US);
David M. Knapp, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jan Weber, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device comprises a stent having a reduced state and an expanded state and which is comprised of a plurality of interconnected struts. At least one strut is at least partially coated with a substance. The at least one strut has at least one bumper. The at least one bumper is constructed and arranged to prevent the substance on the at least one strut from being contacted by an adjacent component of the medical device when the stent is in the reduced state.