CPC A61F 2/90 (2013.01) [A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); B29D 23/00 (2013.01); A61F 2002/044 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01); A61L 27/3679 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An expandable stent, comprising:
a tubular scaffold formed of one or more interwoven filaments, the tubular scaffold defining a lumen and including an inner surface and an outer surface; and
a flexible valve extending radially inward from the inner surface of the tubular scaffold;
wherein the one or more filaments of the scaffold are configured to shift the flexible valve from an open configuration to a closed configuration;
wherein the one or more filaments are biased radially inward to hold the flexible valve in the closed configuration while in a nominally deployed state.
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