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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Kanji Inoue, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-0802, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An implantable appliance ( ) comprises a front end wire ring ( ), one or more intermediate wire rings ( ) and a rear end wire ring ( ) connected by a tubular cover ( ). The wire rings ( ), ( ) and ( ) are flexibly foldable. A front end portion ( ) of the appliance ( ) is equally divided into four or an even number over four segments with dividing points ( ), ( ), ( ), ( ) between the segments, and a front hooking portion ( ) for hauling the appliance ( ) is formed at midpoints between the dividing points ( ), ( ), ( ), ( ) and the dividing points ( ), ( ), ( ), ( ). The invention includes a method in which the front end portion ( ) is collapsed into a wavy shape with every other dividing point ( ), ( ) forming forwardly directed peaks and other dividing points ( ), ( ) forming the bottoms of forwardly directed valleys, such that front hooking portions are located between adjacent peaks and valleys.