US 11,944,557 B2
Self expanding stent with covering
Martyn G. Folan, Galway (IE); Daniel Tuck, Galway (IE); Gary Gilmartin, Foxford (IE); and Michael Rodgers, Mayo (IE)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,654.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,621, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062016 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/852 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/852 (2013.01) [A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2002/045 (2013.01); A61F 5/0083 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoprosthesis, comprising:
an expandable framework configured to shift between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration;
wherein the expandable framework is continuous from a first end of the expandable framework to a second end of the expandable framework in the delivery and deployed configurations; and
a covering comprising a plurality of polymeric cover segments disposed about at least a portion of the expandable framework;
wherein a portion of each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is fixedly attached to the expandable framework;
wherein each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is discontinuous from and longitudinally spaced apart from each other in the delivery configuration;
wherein the plurality of polymeric cover segments longitudinally overlaps each other in the deployed configuration.