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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Jacques Seguin, 75008 Paris, FR;
Jean-Claude Laborde, 34000 Montpellier, FR;
Other;
Abstract
This invention features a device ( ) comprising at least one radially expansible segment ( ) with, in the expanded state, a transversal cross section substantially greater than the transversal cross section of one of the secondary ducts ( ); one segment ( ) with, in the expanded state, a truncated shape, corresponding to the shape of the bifurcation at the flared transition zone ( ) which separates the main duct ( ) from the secondary ducts ( ), and a flexible link ( ) between these two segments ( ), enabling their adjustment relative to each other, according to the orientation of the secondary duct ( ) receiving the said segment ( ) relative to the flared transition zone ( ).