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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Sylvie Lombardi, Karlsruhe, DE;
Guido Koch, Karlsruhe, DE;
Richard Layne, E. Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Wolfgang Supper, Karlsruhe, DE;
Walter Gamer, Bruchsal, DE;
Thomas Kirchhoff, Walzbachtal, DE;
Sylvie Lombardi, Karlsruhe, DE;
Guido Koch, Karlsruhe, DE;
Richard Layne, E. Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Wolfgang Supper, Karlsruhe, DE;
Walter Gamer, Bruchsal, DE;
Thomas Kirchhoff, Walzbachtal, DE;
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A flexible covered stent having a stent covered on a first surface by a first layer of biocompatible material and on a second surface by both a second and third layer of biocompatible material, the first and second layers and the first and third layers of biocompatible material being bonded to one another through openings in a wall in the stent. The first layer of biocompatible material is longer than both the second and third layers of biocompatible material such that at least a portion of the second surface of the stent is not covered by either second or third layer, imparting flexibility to the stent.