Patent ID: 11944557
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. An endoprosthesis, comprising:
an expandable framework configured to shift between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, the expandable framework having a first end and a second end;
wherein the expandable framework is continuous from a first end of the expandable framework to a second end of the expandable framework in the delivery and deployed configurations; and
a covering comprising a plurality of polymeric cover segments disposed about at least a portion of the expandable framework;
wherein a fixed end of each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is fixedly attached to the expandable framework and a free end of each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is free from attachment to the expandable framework;
wherein each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is discontinuous from and longitudinally spaced apart from each other in the delivery configuration;
wherein the plurality of polymeric cover segments longitudinally overlaps each other in the deployed configuration such that the free end of one of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is positioned radially outward of the fixed end of an adjacent one of the plurality of polymeric cover segments.