Method for deploying a thermo-mechanically expandable stent
US6607553B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/91
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An expandable stent for use within a body lumen that is coated with a radiation-absorbing material and that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures but is expandable at a temperature between about 38° C. to 60° C. following exposure to radiation. The invention also relates to a method of deploying such a stent within the body.
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