US 11,986,407 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 Oct. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/963,764.
Application 17/963,764 is a continuation of application No. 17/412,428, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
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 2023/0041864 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
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)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent, the stent comprising:
a knitted elongated tubular member radially expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, the knitted elongated tubular member comprising a single filament forming a plurality of rows extending circumferentially around the tubular member;
wherein each row includes a plurality of loops formed from the filament and a plurality of rung portions formed from the filament, wherein one of the rung portions extends between adjacent ones of the loops;
wherein each loop of the plurality of loops includes a loop portion and an overlapping base portion;
wherein each overlapping base portion includes a respective first segment of the filament crossing over a respective second segment of the filament;
wherein each loop portion includes a respective third segment of the filament extending between one of the respective first segments and one of the respective second segments;
wherein a length of the rung portions in the collapsed configuration is less than a length of the rung portions in the expanded configuration.