Patent ID: 7632305

Claim:
A bifurcated stent, the stent having an unexpanded state and an expanded state, the stent comprising: a main body with a body wall, the body wall extending along a main longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end and defining a lumen therethrough, the body wall comprised of interconnected stent members, a plurality of the interconnected stent members defining a plurality of cells, at least one of the plurality of cells being a side opening, the side opening being shaped differently then the other cells of the stent, the side opening having a perimeter; and a first branch having a first branch body, the first branch body comprised of interconnected stent members, the first branch body positioned between the proximal end and the distal end of the main body, the first branch body extending along a first branch longitudinal axis when the stent is in the expanded state, the first branch body extending from the body wall from at least a first region adjacent the side opening and a second region adjacent the side opening; and at least one stent member adjacent the perimeter being bioabsorbable, wherein the at least one bioabsorbable stent member substantially covers the side opening.