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US 2003/0208259 A1Published application
Polymeric stents and other surgical articles
AssigneePentech Medical Devices Ltd.
InventorAdel Penhasi
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AssigneePentech Medical Devices Ltd.
InventorAdel Penhasi
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A biocompatible non-memory expandable polymeric article selected from stents, implantable prostheses, catheters, other surgical articles and sealants for implantable prostheses, and which is at least in part biodegradable and includes a combination where hollow cylindrical element (2) is depicted in cutaway form to reveal helical element (4), terminated schematically at (6) and where a combination of at least one thermoplastic elastomeric component and at least one thermoplastic non-elastomeric component, the article being either porous articles or having the potential to become porous by action of body fluids in situ), the thermoplastic non-elastomeric component being present in such an amount as will provide mechanical strength and rigidity to the article when in an expanded mode.
A biocompatible non-memory expandable polymeric stent which is at least in part biodegradable and which includes a combination of at least one thermoplastic elastomeric component and at least one thermoplastic non-elastomeric component which has a glass transition temperature above 40° C., said stent being selected from the group of porous stents and stents which have the potential to become porous by action of body fluids in situ, said thermoplastic non-elastomeric component being present in such an amount as will provide mechanical strength and rigidity to the stent when in an expanded mode.
A biocompatible non-memory expandable polymeric article selected from implantable prostheses, catheters, other surgical articles and sealants for implantable prostheses, and which is at least in part biodegradable and includes a combination of at least one thermoplastic elastomeric component and at least one thermoplastic non-elastomeric component which preferably has a glass transition temperature above 40° C., said article being selected from the group of porous articles and articles which have the potential to become porous by action of body fluids in situ, said thermoplastic non-elastomeric component being present in such an amount as will provide mechanical strength and rigidity to the article when in an expanded mode.
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