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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Susawa, Tanakakami, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Keiji Ioaki, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga-ken, JP;
Hideo Tamai, Moriyama-shi, Shiga-ken, JP;
Yoshihiko Shimizu, Uji-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Kaneto Shiraki, Ayabe-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Akihiro Sato, Ayabe-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 12 ; 606195 ;
Abstract
A device for dilating ducts in vivo, comprising a balloon-tipped catheter to which a cylindrical stent prepared by knitting or braiding or weaving biodegradable fibers to easily reduce diameter of the cylinder to a predetermined value is attached in a compressed condition, method for preparing the device and a stent.