Patent 11963893 was granted and assigned to Merit Medical Systems on April, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Stents as described herein can comprise a tubular body in which a midbody extends to a first end and also extends to an opposing second end, where the midbody includes a thread arranged helically along at least a portion of its length. The thread can exhibit various shapes and dimensions selected to enhance particular aspects of performance when the stent placed in an anatomical structure of a patient.