US 12,213,899 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 Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,217.
Application 18/402,217 is a continuation of application No. 17/963,764, filed on Oct. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,986,407.
Application 17/963,764 is a continuation of application No. 17/412,428, filed on Aug. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,890,212.
Application 17/412,428 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,272, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,266,517, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/655,025, filed on Apr. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0130875 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); 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 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0012 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent, the stent comprising:
an elongated tubular member comprising a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, the plurality of twisted knit stitches each include a loop portion and an overlapping base region, the elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration;
wherein in the collapsed configuration the plurality of twisted knit stitches have a first profile and in the expanded configuration the plurality of twisted knit stitches have a second profile different from the first profile; and
wherein the elongated tubular member comprises a plurality of rows, wherein some of the plurality of rows have a first number of twisted knit stitches and some of the plurality of rows have a second number of twisted knit stitches less than the first number of twisted knit stitches.