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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin E Healy, Evanston, IL (US);
Gary S Dorfman, Saunderstown, RI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424426 ; 424422 ; 604-8 ; 604154 ; 604281 ; 128656 ; 128657 ; 128658 ; 128898 ;
Abstract
An expandable, biodegradable stent for use within a body lumen comprises a hollow tube made from a copolymer of L-lactide and .epsilon.-caprolactone that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures, and that is expandable using thermo-mechanical means at a temperature between about 38.degree.-55.degree. C. using a balloon catheter. The invention also relates to a method of making such a stent and to a method of deploying such a stent within the body.
Published as:
Healy, Kevin. (1997). Biodegradable stent (U.S. Patent No. 5670161). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5670161
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