Back to results
US 10,206,772 B2Granted
Implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features and methods of making the same
AssigneeVactronix Scientific, LLC
InventorJulio C. Palmaz
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features, generally comprises: a structural member including a leading edge and a trailing edge interconnected by a third surface region, the leading edge including a second surface region in a generally curvilinear cross-section, and the trailing edge including a fourth surface region in a generally curvilinear cross-section, whereby blood flow over the second surface region generate shear stress at the second surface region without an eddy region in the second surface region.
Claims10
An implantable endoluminal stent, comprising:
- a plurality of structural members, each of the plurality of structural members having an irregular polygonal transverse cross-sectional profile and defined by a plurality of surface facets, some of the plurality of surface facets defining a luminal surface and some of the plurality of surface facets defining an abluminal surface of the endoluminal stent;
- and
- wherein the plurality surface facets defining the luminal surface of the endoluminal stent further comprise a concave curvilinear first surface facet having a second end projecting toward a luminal center, a concave curvilinear second surface facet having a first end projecting toward a luminal center and a planar third surface facet intermediate between and joining the first surface facet second end and the second surface facet first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.