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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventor:
Steven E. Walak, Natick, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8483 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent comprising a radially expandable elongate tubular support structure, the elongate tubular support structure comprising an inner surface and an outer surface and an anchoring element disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the tubular support structure, the anchoring element is separate and removable from the elongate tubular support structure.