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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Claude Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Gerald Fredrickson, Westford, MA (US);
Ralph Barry, Hudson, MA (US);
Paul Norton, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Kurt Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Mike Madden, Princeton, MA (US);
Claude Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Gerald Fredrickson, Westford, MA (US);
Ralph Barry, Hudson, MA (US);
Paul Norton, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Kurt Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Mike Madden, Princeton, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device consists of a stent having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface; a single expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) layer contacting the first surface of the stent; and an elastomeric layer applied to at least one surface of the stent. In at least one embodiment, the elastomeric layer is silicone. In at least one embodiment, the medical device is manufactured by positioning the ePTFE layer such that a first surface of the ePTFE layer contacts a first surface of the stent to form a stent-ePTFE assembly; and applying an elastomeric solution to the first surface of the ePTFE layer and at least one surface of the stent.