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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
Claude Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
F. Anthony Headley, Jr., Plymouth, MN (US);
Forrest Whitcher, Allston, MA (US);
Suresh Gidwani, Watertown, MA (US);
Claude Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
F. Anthony Headley, Jr., Plymouth, MN (US);
Forrest Whitcher, Allston, MA (US);
Suresh Gidwani, Watertown, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, a plurality of elongate filaments including one or more radiopaque filaments are arranged to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall that defines an inner surface and an outer surface and opposing first open end and second open end. One of the open ends of the stent is formed by an intersection of adjacent filament ends. A radiopaque compound is applied to the intersection, the radiopaque compound comprising radiopaque material and polymeric material. The radiopaque compound and radiopaque filament provide improved external imaging of the tubular structure on imaging equipment.