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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Burns P. Doran, Monticello, MN (US);
Jason Todd Lenz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Graig L. Kveen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Timothy Samuel Girton, Edina, MN (US);
James F. Hemerick, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Timothy J. Ley, Shoreview, MN (US);
Burns P. Doran, Monticello, MN (US);
Jason Todd Lenz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Graig L. Kveen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Timothy Samuel Girton, Edina, MN (US);
James F. Hemerick, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Timothy J. Ley, Shoreview, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a stent may be provided comprising a first undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a second undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a first substantially longitudinal connector extending between the first and second undulating bands and a second very short connector extending between the first and second undulating bands, the first connector substantially longer than the second very short connector.