<p>An expandable stent designed to maintain a passageway through a body lumen of a patient is disclosed. The expandable stent is a tubular member that includes a thermoplastic material and woven or wound fibers at least partially in contact with the thermoplastic material, such that the thermoplastic material maintains the tubular member in at least one of an expanded state and a collapsed state.</p>
申请公布号
EP1615591(A1)
申请公布日期
2006.01.18
申请号
EP20040758932
申请日期
2004.03.24
申请人
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED, AN IRISH COMPANY
发明人
CHU, MICHAEL, S., H.;INTOCCIA, ALFRED, P., JR.;DAIGNAULT, KENNETH, J.