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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
F. Anthony Headley, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Kurt A. Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, a stent is provided, which contains at least one filament that has a longitudinal axis and comprises a bioabsorbable polymeric material. Polymer molecules within the bioabsorbable polymeric material are provided with a helical orientation which is aligned with respect to the longitudinal axis of the filament. The stent is at least partially bioabsorbed by a patient upon implantation or insertion of the stent into the patient.