US 12,226,329 B2
Balloon expandable endoprosthesis
Jane K. Bohn, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Deenu G. Kanjickal, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Bret J. Kilgrow, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Joseph B. Koenig, Flagstaff, AZ (US); James J. Nickerson, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Thomas G. Triebes, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,482.
Application 18/517,482 is a continuation of application No. 17/673,294, filed on Feb. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,857,444.
Application 17/673,294 is a continuation of application No. 16/444,725, filed on Jun. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,285,029, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 16/444,725 is a continuation of application No. 15/531,252, granted, now 10,543,116, issued on Jan. 28, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2015/062799, filed on Nov. 25, 2015.
Application 15/531,252 is a continuation of application No. 14/950,165, filed on Nov. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,299,948, issued on May 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/085,066, filed on Nov. 26, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082031 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/958 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2240/008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1068 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1084 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
an implantable medical device defining a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion between the first and second ends, the implantable medical device expandable between an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter and a deployed state with a deployed diameter; and
a catheter assembly onto which the implantable medical device is applied in the undeployed state, the catheter assembly including,
a balloon having a first balloon end, a second balloon end, and a balloon intermediate portion therebetween, and
a cover concentrically surrounding at least a portion of the balloon, the implantable medical device and the cover both imparting a resistance to expansion of the balloon at the intermediate balloon portion to reduce a difference in a diameter of the balloon at the first and second balloon ends relative to a diameter of the balloon at the intermediate balloon portion during expansion.