US 12,329,667 B2
Stent having adjacent elements connected by flexible webs
Dustin C. Burkart, Bellemont, AZ (US); Edward H. Cully, Clarksville, VA (US); Jeffrey B. Duncan, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and James D. Silverman, 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 Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,931.
Application 18/529,931 is a continuation of application No. 17/397,362, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,865,020.
Application 17/397,362 is a continuation of application No. 15/915,453, filed on Mar. 8, 2018, granted, now 11,103,372, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Application 15/915,453 is a continuation of application No. 13/349,346, filed on Jan. 12, 2012, granted, now 9,943,428, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 13/349,346 is a continuation of application No. 12/350,921, filed on Jan. 8, 2009, granted, now 8,926,688, issued on Jan. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/020,544, filed on Jan. 11, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173154 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/91 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/826 (2013.01); A61F 2002/828 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoprosthesis having a length, a radius, and a circumference, the endoprosthesis comprising:
a stent having a plurality of stent elements forming a serpentine pattern with multiple apices; and
at least two polymeric webs that attach a first apex of a first stent element of the plurality of stent elements to at least two positions of a second stent element of the plurality of stent elements.