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

Claim 7:
8. 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 the expandable framework and extending longitudinally along the expandable framework;
wherein the covering extends discontinuously with cover segments longitudinally spaced apart between a first end of the expandable framework and a second end of the expandable framework in the delivery configuration;
wherein the covering extends continuously from the first end of the expandable framework to the second end of the expandable framework in the deployed configuration.