Patent ID: 8252064

Claim:
An absorbable, multicomponent, non-migrating endoureteral stent comprising: a tubular elastomeric film and a tubular fiber reinforcement, the tubular elastomeric film being a single tube covering the tubular fiber reinforcement, the stent defining at least one position-retaining end and a central main tube having a smaller diameter than that of a patient ureter, wherein the at least one position-retaining end is an extension of the central main tube, and the stent is configured to be positioned in the patient ureter and extend from a patient kidney to a patient bladder and to be retained in position by the at least one position-retaining end, the film reinforced with and impregnating the fiber-reinforcement, wherein the fiber-reinforcement comprises a monofilament coil disposed over a knitted or braided tube of a monofilament or multifilament yarn, the film and fiber reinforcement comprising an absorbable crystalline segmented copolymer comprising at least one cyclic monomer, and wherein the film and fiber reinforcement alone are capable of maintaining ureteral patency.