- Patent Title: Implantable device having rounded struts and method of manufacture
-
Application No.: US17125186Application Date: 2020-12-17
-
Publication No.: US11642221B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Burns Doran , Kelsey Cooper , Graham Krumpelmann , Ted Pelzer , Joshua Mark Inouye , Mark McPhail
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/24
- IPC: A61F2/24 ; A61F2/848

Abstract:
An implant includes a frame comprising a tubular body formed by a plurality of interconnected struts that are manufactured to reduce stresses and strains resulting from component interaction during chronic use. At least a portion of a longitudinal corner of one or more struts of the frame may be chamfered, rounded, or otherwise modified to distribute stresses experienced at the strut corner throughout the strut body. Chamfering and/or rounding corners along at least a portion of a strut of the frame may reduce stresses on the frame caused by interactions between the frame and other components of the implant. The implant may be manufactured by cutting (e.g., laser cutting) a plurality of struts from a tubular metal alloy, polymer, or the like forming the tubular body, and softening at least a portion of an edge of the strut by cutting, grinding, and/or micro-blasting the edges of the corner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210228355A1 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE HAVING ROUNDED STRUTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
Information query
IPC分类: