Patent ID: 9517150
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61F,A61L,B29C,B29L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A medical device, comprising: a balloon; a scaffold that was cut from a tube comprising PLLA, wherein the tube has a ratio of diameter to wall thickness of between 20-40; wherein the scaffold forms a network of rings interconnected by links, including wherein the scaffold is crimped to the balloon by plastic deformation of the scaffold such that the scaffold has a crimped state; wherein the scaffold has a post-dilation diameter when plastically deformed from the crimped state by inflation of the balloon and the scaffold attains over 80% of the post-dilation diameter after being crushed by an amount equal to over 50% of the post-dilation diameter; and wherein the scaffold rings comprise struts and at least 90% of the struts are intact after a six-month simulated walking test.