Stent with induction responsive muscles that facilitate implantation adjustments

A method of implanting a stent that includes a tubular shaped framework with a plurality of vertices that are each defined by a pair of struts, and a plurality of induction responsive muscles, with each of the induction responsive muscles being associated with one of the plurality of vertices by being attached to each strut of the pair of struts, the method comprising the steps of:

• moving a stent in a contracted configuration to a deployment area in a passageway;
• changing the stent from the contracted configuration to a deployed configuration in a first arrangement with a wall defining the passageway;
• contracting the stent from the deployed configuration toward the contracted configuration by immersing the stent in an electromagnetic induction field;
• adjusting at least one of an orientation and a position of the stent;
• expanding the stent back to the deployed configuration in a second arrangement, which is different from the first arrangement, with the wall defining the passageway at least in part by ceasing the immersion of the stent in the electromagnetic induction field;
• wherein the contracting step includes changing the induction responsive muscles from a relaxed state to a contracted state;
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• wherein the expanding step includes changing the induction responsive muscles from the contracted state to the relaxed state.