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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott R. Schewe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Benjamin P. Gundale, Plymouth, MN (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device that may be implanted in a patient's body is disclosed. An illustrative medical device has an elongated structure that includes a material loaded with a radiopaque material. The radiopaque material includes radiopaque particles having multiple sets of radiopaque particles. The multiple sets of radiopaque particles may include a first set of radiopaque particles having particles with particle sizes in a first particle size range and a second set of radiopaque particles having particles with particle sizes in a second particle size range. The second set of radiopaque particles may have particles configured to fit within interstitial spaces between particles of the first set of radiopaque particles.