# US 12,599,472 B2 · Covered stent > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,599,472 B2 - Document ID: US12599472B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/386,216 - Filed: 2023-11-01 - Published: 2024-02-29 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-09 - Assignees: Lifetech Scientific (Scientific) Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Lifetech Scientific (Scientific) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Benhao Xiao; Caiping Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12599472B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/07: Stent-grafts - A61F 2002/061: {provided with means for allowing access to secondary lumens} - A61F 2230/0008: elliptical or oval - A61F 2230/0091: helically-coiled or spirally-coiled, i.e. having a 2-D spiral cross-section - A61F 2250/0098: radio-opaque, e.g. radio-opaque markers - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract Disclosed is a covered stent (100), including a hollow tubular main body (10), and a window (20) provided on a side wall of the tubular main body (10). An elastic supporting member (30) is provided at a periphery of the window (20); an imaging member (40) is provided on the elastic supporting member (30); and at least part of the imaging member (40) is movably connected to the elastic supporting member (30). Since the imaging member (40) and the elastic supporting member (30) are located at the periphery of the window (20), the imaging member (40) and the elastic supporting member (30) enable the periphery of the window (20) to simultaneously have a good imaging performance and a good supporting performance. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A covered stent, comprising a hollow tubular main body, and a window provided on a side wall of the tubular main body, wherein an elastic supporting member is provided at a periphery of the window; an imaging member is provided on the elastic supporting member; and at least part of the imaging member is movably connected to the elastic supporting member; wherein the elastic supporting member has an open-loop structure, and in a natural state, two end portions of the elastic supporting member partially overlap; and wherein the two end portions of the elastic supporting member may move relative to each other; wherein the imaging member has a long axis m which is approximately parallel to a generatrix direction of the covered stent, and a short axis n which is approximately perpendicular to the generatrix direction of the covered stent; and wherein the covered stent includes a compression state and a natural state, the covered stent can transition between the compression state and the natural state, and the overlapping portions of the two ends of the elastic supporting member are located in a middle region of the elastic supporting member, wherein the middle region is covered by points on the elastic supporting member, and a first perpendicular distance from any of the points in the middle region of the elastic supporting member to the proximal end of the elastic supporting member and a second perpendicular distance from any of the points in the middle region of the elastic supporting member to the distal end of the elastic supporting member are greater than or equal to 2 mm, so that the proximal end and the distal end of the elastic supporting member are always located in the imaging member in the compression state and the natural state, and during the process of transitioning between the compression state to the natural state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The covered stent according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of the long axis m to the short axis n of the elastic supporting member is 3/2≤m/n≤3. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The covered stent according to claim 1, wherein the imaging member and the elastic supporting member respectively have an elastic modulus, and the elastic modulus of the imaging member is less than the elastic modulus of the elastic supporting member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The covered stent according to claim 1, wherein the imaging member is spirally wound around an outer surface of the elastic supporting member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The covered stent according to claim 4, wherein the imaging member comprises a plurality of spiral units wound around the elastic supporting member; each spiral unit comprises two connected connecting portions; and an included angle between a tangent line corresponding to intersections of the connecting portions and the elastic supporting member and a center line of the connecting portions is 75 to 90 degrees. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The covered stent according to claim 5, wherein the two end portions of the elastic supporting member are provided with spherical portions or ring-like structures, and radial sizes of the spherical portion and the ring-like structure are greater than a clearance between the two adjacent connecting portions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The covered stent according to claim 1, wherein a mounting slot is formed in the elastic supporting member; the imaging member is movably connected into the mounting slot; or, the imaging member comprises a plurality of ring-like imaging units, and the imaging units movably surround the elastic supporting member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The covered stent according to claim 1, wherein the imaging member comprises at least one imaging section; the imaging section comprises a movable portion movably connected to the elastic supporting member, and a fixed portion fixedly connected to the elastic supporting member; and the fixed portion is located outside a proximal end region and a distal end region of the elastic supporting member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The covered stent according to claim 8, wherein the imaging member comprises two imaging sections; the two imaging sections are symmetrical about a connecting line of a proximal end and a distal end of the elastic supporting member; the imaging sections are spirally wound around the outer surface of the elastic supporting member; and all the imaging sections are located outside the proximal end region and the distal end region of the elastic supporting member.