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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2015
S.t.s. Medical Ltd., Misgav Business Park, IL;
Eitan Yaniv, Hod-HaSharon, IL;
Gady Har-El, Hollis, NY (US);
Gregory Frenklach, ModiIn, IL;
Joseph Flomenblit, Petach-Tikva, IL;
Lena Shlossberg, Petach-Tikva, IL;
S.T.S. Medical Ltd., Doar-Na Misgav, IL;
Abstract
A method of treatment of nasal conditions comprising: delivering an expandable structure in a crimped configuration to a nasal lumen; expanding the expandable structure within the nasal lumen to a stable expanded configuration; removing the structure from the nasal lumen, after a time period, where removing comprises causing the structure to self-crimp. The expandable structure optionally comprises: a first shape memory (SM) portion which is in a strain-induced state; and a second portion which resists expansion of said structure due to said first portion, over a plurality of different expansion states of said first portion. Optionally, the properties of the second portion vary over its cross section. For example an outer surface and/or peripheral layer may have desirable environmental resistance properties and/or a frame may have desirable mechanical properties, for example a high creep resistance.