Diametrically adaptable encapsulated stent and methods for deployment thereof
US7468071B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implantable intraluminal device having a self-expanding stent encapsulated between a first and second seamless ePTFE tube. The implantable intraluminal device has a reduced first diametric dimension and an expanded second diametric dimension, and is adapted to be modeled to the in vivo profile of a receiving anatomical structure through radial expansion of at least a portion thereof to a third diametric dimension greater than the second diametric dimension.
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