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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Jason T. Lenz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Daniel Gregorich, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jason T. Lenz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Daniel Gregorich, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent with strut bands and connectors, wherein the strut bands have long and short struts with a junction positioned between the short struts. Each junction defines a reservoir, wherein the reservoirs of a strut band are substantially circumferentially aligned. The connectors each have arms, wherein each arm includes an opposing U-shaped link. The opposing links have a shared portion disposed between a peak on one strut band and a longitudinally adjacent trough of an adjacent strut band.