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AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsPeter J. Pereira, Claude O. Clerc, Gerald Fredrickson, Jonathan Zoll
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The present disclosure pertains to medical devices that comprise a stent body having two ends, a central region therebetween, and comprising structural elements extending around the stent body and a covering material disposed over the stent body, the covering material covering only a portion of the stent body, in which the covering material is provided with a plurality of openings that provide areas where the stent body is not covered by the covering material. The present disclosure further pertains to medical apparatuses that comprise such medical devices and methods of treatment using such medical devices.
A method of implanting a stent-containing medical device in a body lumen, comprising deploying the stent-containing medical device in a body lumen such that the stent-containing medical device contacts a tissue wall forming the body lumen;
A method of implanting a stent-containing medical device in a body lumen, the stent-containing medical device comprising (a) a stent component having two ends, (b) a covering material, and (c) a bonding material that is associated with the stent component, the optional covering material, or both, the method comprising deploying the stent-containing medical device in a body lumen using an expandable balloon of a catheter that comprises the expandable balloon and an energy source such that the stent-containing medical device contacts a tissue wall forming the body lumen, and applying energy from the energy source to the bonding material, which is in contact with the stent-containing medical device and the tissue wall, such that the bonding material is activated and the stent-containing medical device is attached to the tissue wall.
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