Coiling implantable prostheses and methods for implanting

An implantable prosthesis comprising:

• a biased coiling member biased to curve from a substantially linear configuration to a nonlinear configuration;
• and
• a conforming coiling member that is engaged with and curved by the biased coiling member from the substantially linear configuration to the nonlinear configuration,
• wherein the biased coiling member and the conforming coiling member are engaged by an inclined slidable connection having a proximal end and a distal end,
• wherein the biased coiling member defines a longitudinal direction,
• wherein the biased coiling member and the conforming coiling member move relative to each other along the longitudinal direction, limited by the proximal end and the distal end of the inclined slidable connection,
• wherein the conforming coiling member comprises a segment having a first component and a second component,
• wherein the first component and the second component move relative to each other, and
• wherein movement of the biased coiling member through the segment moves the second component away from the first component to adjust a height of the implantable prosthesis.

An implantable prosthesis comprising:

• a conforming coiling member having a first segment and a second segment,
• wherein the first segment is disposed at a distal end of the conforming coiling member,
• wherein the first segment has a first lower component and a first upper component, and the second segment has a second lower component and a second upper component, and
• wherein the first segment and the second segment define a passageway;
• and
• a biased coiling member disposed in the passageway and biased to curve the conforming coiling member generally along a curvature plane from a substantially linear configuration to a nonlinear configuration,
• wherein the biased coiling member defines a longitudinal direction,
• wherein the biased coiling member and the conforming coiling member move relative to each other along the longitudinal direction,
• wherein the first lower component and the first upper component move relative to each other in a height-adjusting direction generally perpendicular to the curvature plane,
• wherein the second lower component and the second upper component move relative to each other in the height-adjusting direction,
• wherein one of the first segment or the biased coiling member defines an inclined slot and the other of the first segment or the biased coiling member has a pin protruding into the inclined slot,
• wherein the first lower component defines a first inclined surface configured to mate with a second inclined surface of the biased coiling member, and the first upper component defines a third inclined surface configured to mate with a fourth inclined surface of the biased coiling member, and
• wherein the second lower component defines a fifth inclined surface configured to mate with a sixth inclined surface of the biased coiling member, and the second upper component defines a seventh inclined surface configured to mate with an eighth inclined surface of the biased coiling member.