Patent ID: 9439789
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tubular implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features, comprising: a plurality of structural members, each of the plurality of structural members having an irregular polygonal transverse cross-sectional profile, wherein each facet of the irregular polygonal transverse cross-sectional profile defines a surface of the plurality of structural members, wherein the defined surfaces of the plurality of structural members make up abluminal surfaces engaged with a vessel and luminal surfaces exposed to a blood flow, wherein the luminal surfaces form a transverse cross-sectional profile comprising a concave curvilinear second surface region and a concave curvilinear fourth surface region, the second surface region and the fourth surface region being interconnected by an intermediate generally planar third surface region; wherein at least the third surface region comprises at least one groove disposed within the third surface region, the groove generally parallel to the direction of blood flow.