Patent ID: 11925570
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A stent, comprising:
a radially expandable scaffold having a first end, a second end and an outer surface, the radially expandable scaffold formed of one or more interwoven filaments;
a plurality of tissue engagement members affixed directly to the one or more interwoven filaments of the radially expandable scaffold; and
a plurality of discrete regions of biodegradable material, each region disposed along one of the plurality of tissue engagement members;
wherein the biodegradable material is configured to dissolve from a first configuration in which the biodegradable material shields each of the plurality of tissue engagement members from a target tissue site after the outer surface of the radially expandable scaffold has radially expanded into engagement with the target tissue site to a second configuration in which the biodegradable material is degraded while the radially expandable scaffold and the plurality of tissue engagement members remain intact, such that each of the plurality of tissue engagement members directly engage the target tissue site.