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US 2006/0142842 A1Published application
Medical devices including metallic films and methods for making same
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsMasoud Molaei, Beren Correa
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Abstract
Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The medical device can include a composite cover formed of a deposited metallic film. The cover may include one or more filaments, e.g., wires, which cooperate with the film to provide desirable mechanical properties. The wires may be integrated with the film by depositing the film over the wires.
Claims20
An endoprosthesis, comprising:
- a deposited metallic film defining first and second opposed surfaces and a thickness of less than about 50 μm therebetween;
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- at least one metal filament, the at least one filament defining a length, at least a portion of the filament along its length being embedded within the metal metallic film between the first and second surfaces.
An endoprosthesis, comprising:
- a cover comprising at least one deposited metallic film, the cover defining first and second opposed metallic film edges, the first and second opposed metallic film edges each defining a channel;
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- at least one filament, the at least one filament extending through the channel of each opposed metallic film edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.