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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Loc Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
Simon Stertzer, Woodside, CA (US);
Michael Froix, Mountian View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quanam Medical Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606198 ; 623-1 ;
Abstract
A stent designed to be carried on the balloon of a balloon catheter to a target site is described. The stent is formed of a series of expandable, strip-like segments, each formed of a memory polymer and adapted for movement between a closed, high-curvature condition and an expanded, low-curvature condition upon exposure to a selected stimulus.