Patent · US Active

Partial encapsulation of stents

US7914639B2 · kind B2 · utility

57Cited by

81References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Richard Layne · Los Altos, US
Sandra M. Cundy · Mesa, US
Debra A. Bebb · Tempe, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 2009
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/109
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.

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