US 12,220,334 B2
Stent-containing medical devices and methods of using the same
Peter J. Pereira, Mendon, MA (US); Claude O. Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US); Gerald Fredrickson, Westford, MA (US); and Jonathan Zoll, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,712.
Application 17/873,712 is a continuation of application No. 14/753,201, filed on Jun. 29, 2015, granted, now 10,610,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/018,262, filed on Jun. 27, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354672 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/848 (2013.01) [A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a stent body having two ends, a central region therebetween, and comprising structural elements extending around the stent body;
a covering material disposed over the stent body, the covering material covering only a portion of the stent body; and
a bonding material, the bonding material associated with only a portion of the structural elements;
wherein the covering material is provided with a plurality of openings that provide areas where the stent body is not covered by the covering material.