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US 2006/0224226 A1Published application
In-vivo radial orientation of a polymeric implantable medical device
OwnerBin Huang, Klaus Kleine +1inventors
InventorsBin Huang, Klaus Kleine, David Gale
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Abstract
A method and system for treating a bodily lumen with an implantable medical device, such as a stent, are disclosed. The device may be disposed within a bodily lumen and radially expanded by circumferentially deforming a tube-like section of the device. The deforming section may expand the lumen and the deformed section may support the lumen.
Claims18
A method of treating a bodily lumen with an implantable medical device comprising:
- disposing an implantable medical device within a bodily lumen, the device comprising a tube-like section having an abluminal face and a luminal face extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the section;
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- radially expanding the device about a cylindrical axis of the section within the lumen by circumferentially deforming the section, wherein the deforming section expands the lumen and the deformed section supports the lumen.
A method of fabricating a system for treating a bodily lumen comprising:
- disposing an implantable medical device over a delivery implement, the device comprising a tube-like section having an abluminal face and a luminal face extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the delivery implement configured to radially expand the device within the lumen by circumferentially deforming the section about a cylindrical axis of the section, wherein the deforming section expands the lumen and the deformed section supports the lumen.
A system for treating a bodily lumen comprising:
- an implantable medical device having a tube-like section, the device comprising a tube-like section having an abluminal face and a luminal face extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the section;
- a delivery implement configured to radially expand the device by circumferentially deforming the section about a cylindrical axis the section, wherein the deforming section expands the lumen and the deformed section supports the lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.