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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Darla Gill, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zeke Eller, Dallas, TX (US);
Rich Snider, Dallas, TX (US);
Trent Clegg, Lehi, UT (US);
Inventors:
Darla Gill, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zeke Eller, Dallas, TX (US);
Rich Snider, Dallas, TX (US);
Trent Clegg, Lehi, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent comprised of a valve and a scaffolding structure having components configured to allow at least a portion of the stent to decrease in diameter in response to an axial force applied to the stent. Further, the components and elements of the stent may be configured to balance transverse forces applied to the stent, thus reducing the incidence of infolding.