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Compliant implantable medical devices and methods of making same

  • US 10,106,884 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2014
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:

  • a. a non-coiled tubular body member consisting essentially of a metallic or pseudometallic material film having a first surface, a second surface and a thickness intermediate the first surface and the second surface, the thickness being between 0.1 μ

    m to 75 μ

    m; and

    b. a plurality of microperforations passing through the thickness of the body member and communicating between the first surface and the second surface, whereby said plurality of microperforations are configured to geometrically deform, thereby allowing diametric expansion and both circumferential and longitudinal compliance of the body member.

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