US 11,890,212 B2
Stent
Gary Gilmartin, Mayo (IE); Martyn G Folan, Galway (IE); Geraldine Toner, Raphoe (IE); Paul E. Tierney, Galway (IE); and David Collins, Galway (IE)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,428.
Application 17/412,428 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,272, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,266,517.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/655,025, filed on Apr. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378847 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/90 (2013.01) [A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2002/045 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0045 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0012 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent, the stent comprising:
an elongated tubular member comprising a single knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, the elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration;
wherein the plurality of twisted knit stitches each include a loop portion and an overlapping base region;
wherein in the collapsed configuration the intermediate rung portions have a first length and in the expanded configuration the intermediate rung portions have a second length greater than the first length.