Inventors:
Zeke Eller - Dallas TX, US
John William Hall - North Salt Lake UT, US
Robert S. Kellar - Flagstaff AZ, US
Rachel Lynn Simmons - Bountiful UT, US
Robert J. Radford - Fremont CA, US
Bart Dolmatch - Dallas TX, US
Assignee:
Merit Medical System, Inc. - South Jordan UT
International Classification:
A61F 2/82
Abstract:
A stent or other prosthesis may be formed by coating a single continuous wire scaffold with a polymer coating. The polymer coating may consist of layers of electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun PTFE of certain porosities may permit endothelial cell growth within the prosthesis.