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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed. Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Claude Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Brian Joseph Tischler, New Brighton, MA (US);
Mark McPhail, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Daniel Ross, Watertown, MN (US);
Burns P. Doran, Monticello, MN (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8483 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91525 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91533 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent has a first end region, a middle region, and a second end region, each region including a plurality of strut columns. The stent includes at least one barb. Each barb in an expanded state is at an angle relative to the outer surface of the stent.