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

Claim 0:
1. An endoprosthesis, comprising:
an expandable framework configured to shift between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration;
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 portion of each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments is fixedly attached 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.