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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Aparna Bhave, Woodbury, MN (US);
Dennis A. Boismier, Shorewood, MN (US);
Paul F. Chouinard, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Shelley Thurk, Rogers, MN (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A bioabsorbable stent comprises a plurality of struts interconnected by a plurality of curved intersections. Each of the plurality of curved intersections defines a crescent shaped opening therethrough. The stent has a manufactured state, a crimped state and an expanded state. The crescent shaped openings each have a width and a length such that in the crimped state the width of the crescent shaped opening is less than the width of the crescent shaped opening in the manufactured state or the expanded state.