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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Paul F. Chouinard, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Patrick A. Haverkost, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Christopher L. Thatcher, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Margarita Falkovich, Paramus, NJ (US);
Robert C. Thistle, Brockton, MA (US);
Paul F. Chouinard, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Patrick A. Haverkost, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Christopher L. Thatcher, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Margarita Falkovich, Paramus, NJ (US);
Robert C. Thistle, Brockton, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A multi-section filamentary stent comprises a braided section of a first set of filaments, connected to at least one wound section comprising a second set of one or more filaments having a repeating configuration with a bent portion. The stent may comprise a first section, having a braided first stent architecture with a first flexibility and a first radial force, and a second section, having a non-braided second stent architecture with a secoid flexibility less than the first flexibility and a second radial force greater than the first radial force, in which at least one continuous filament is integral to both the first and second sections. The stent may have a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuraton, in which the first section has a first shortening ratio, and the second section has a second shortening ratio less than the first shortening ratio.