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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Darragh Colgan, Galway, IE;
Peter A. Hamilton, East Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Dicarlo, Middleboro, MA (US);
Andrew J. Campbell, Reading, MA (US);
Sean Gilligan, Galway, IE;
Albert Chin, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Kristian Dimatteo, Watertown, MA (US);
Darragh Colgan, Galway, IE;
Peter A. Hamilton, East Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul DiCarlo, Middleboro, MA (US);
Andrew J. Campbell, Reading, MA (US);
Sean Gilligan, Galway, IE;
Albert Chin, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Kristian DiMatteo, Watertown, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical prosthesis having a low profile for delivery into a body lumen. The stent includes a plurality of geometric cells defining the stent, which has first and second opposed open ends; and a plurality of wire strands woven to form a plurality of crossed regions defining the geometric cells. Each wire strand has strand ends and the strand ends are disposed at the second end of the stent.