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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
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
A medical prosthesis having a low profile for delivery into a body lumen is disclosed. The stent includes a plurality of wire strands woven to form a plurality of joints at the intersections, some of which are helically wrapped. The helically wrapped joints may be offset form the joints of a second plurality of wire strands concentric to the first. Alternatively, the helically wrapped joints can doubled forming box nodes.