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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:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Georges Boussignac, Antony, FR;
Viviane Payrou, Fresnes, FR;
Assignee:
Laboratoires Nycomed S.A., Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606194 ; 606198 ; 623-1 ; 623 12 ;
Abstract
The object of the present invention is a system for the treatment of a body duct, such as a blood vessel in particular, of the type comprising a stent forming element comprising a frame made from a material having a low elastic recovery capacity, which is intended, in the position of use, to restore and/or to maintain the normal passage cross-section of said duct to be treated, and an inflatable expanding element disposed in the interior relative to said stent forming element.