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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noureddine Frid, Beersel, BE;
Assignee:
Medicorp, S.A., Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 12 ; 606195 ; 606198 ;
Abstract
A luminal endoprosthesis comprising a framework made up of braided filaments. The framework is self-expanding, that is to say that after it has been radially compressed for positioning of the endoprosthesis, it automatically recovers its nominal diameter. The metal of the framework has undergone a thermal treatment bringing about a state transition, at a temperature close to that of the organism, and this confers upon it a suitable rigidity after it has been positioned in an anatomical conduit.