Expandable stent having a stabilized portion
CA 2524752 C · Owner: Depuy Synthes Products, Llc · Inventors: Ramer, Marc; Jones, Donald K.
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An expandable stent having a covering which exhibits the characteristic of being normally dissolvable in blood but upon being activated, becomes inert to blood. The stent may be placed across the neck of an aneurysm to seal the aneurysm and thereafter the portion of the covering of the stent across the neck of the aneurysm is activated to become inert to blood and the balance of the covering dissolves to permit blood to flow to adjacent vessels.
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- Filed October 27, 2005 and granted December 24, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 2025.
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