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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Steve Lilburn, Princeton, MA (US);
Paul K. Norton, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Michael Zupkofska, Rockland, MA (US);
Louis Bedard, Leominster, MA (US);
Glenn D. Harding, Sutton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steve Lilburn, Princeton, MA (US);
Paul K. Norton, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Michael Zupkofska, Rockland, MA (US);
Louis Bedard, Leominster, MA (US);
Glenn D. Harding, Sutton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.