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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dustin Thompson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 19/05 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/18 (2006.01); C22C 30/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01); B23K 35/30 (2006.01); B23K 35/02 (2006.01); C22C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/18 (2013.01); B23K 35/0266 (2013.01); B23K 35/3033 (2013.01); C22C 1/02 (2013.01); C22C 19/051 (2013.01); C22C 19/055 (2013.01); C22C 19/056 (2013.01); C22C 30/00 (2013.01); C22F 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent includes a nickel-based alloy that includes 10-35 weight % metal member selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), rhenium (Re), palladium (Pd), tantalum (Ta), and combinations thereof; 0-6 weight % cobalt (Co); 17-24 weight % chromium (Cr); 13-15 weight % tungsten (W); 0-3 weight % molybdenum (Mo); 0-5 weight % iron (Fe); and balance nickel (Ni). The nickel-based alloy may be a thin outer shell of a hollow stent. The nickel-based alloy may be used to form at least one of an inner core and an outer shell of a core-shell structure of a stent.