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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Robert Burgermeister, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Vipul Dave, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Yufu LI, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Pallassana V. Narayanan, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
David W. Overaker, Annandale, NJ (US);
Qiang Zhang, Annandale, NJ (US);
Robert Burgermeister, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Vipul Dave, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Yufu Li, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Pallassana V. Narayanan, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
David W. Overaker, Annandale, NJ (US);
Qiang Zhang, Annandale, NJ (US);
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented to achieve certain desirable performance characteristics.