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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Jonathan S. Stinson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Matthew Cambronne, Mounds View, MN (US);
Richard B. Frank, Reading, PA (US);
Richard A. Gleixner, Wyomissing, PA (US);
James E. Heilmann, West Lawn, PA (US);
Jonathan S. Stinson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Matthew Cambronne, Mounds View, MN (US);
Richard B. Frank, Reading, PA (US);
Richard A. Gleixner, Wyomissing, PA (US);
James E. Heilmann, West Lawn, PA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
CRS Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The endoprostheses comprise a tubular member capable of maintaining patency of a bodily vessel. The tubular member includes a mixture of at least two compositions, where the presence of the second composition gives the mixture a greater hardness than that of the first composition alone. The first composition includes less than about 25 weight percent chromium, less than about 7 weight percent molybdenum, from about 10 to about 35 weight percent nickel, and iron. The second composition is different from the first and is present from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent of the mixture.