Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10278842
APP PUB NO 20160317332A1
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15204508

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A stent includes a mesh wall including a plurality of filament crossings, the mesh wall defining at least a first stent section with a first diameter, a second stent section with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a transition section where the mesh wall transitions from the second diameter to the first diameter. Each of the plurality of filament crossings has a braiding angle, and all braiding angles in each of the first stent section, the second stent section and the transition section are within 5 degrees of one another.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCMAPLE GROVE MINNESOTA 55311

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bedard, Louis Leominster, US 9 301
Harding, Glenn Sutton, US 7 95
Lilburn, Steve Princeton, US 9 298
Norton, Paul K Lunenburg, US 34 1235
Zupkofska, Michael E Rockland, US 26 354

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