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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rui Lam, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dustin Thompson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); C25F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); C25F 3/16 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
The preferentially electropolished stent system and method of manufacture includes a stent delivery system including a catheter; a balloon operably attached to the catheter; and a stent disposed on the balloon. The stent includes an elongate body having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface; wherein the abluminal surface has an abluminal average roughness less than or equal to 0.030 microns; and the luminal surface has at least one rough portion having an luminal average roughness greater than or equal to 0.036 microns.