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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Anthony Walter Anson, Hounslow, GB;
Anson Medical Limited, , GB;
Abstract
An expandable device, e.g. a stent for insertion into a passage, e.g. a blood vessel or artery, is disclosed. The device has a body ( ) formed of a flexible material. The body is convertible from a collapsed condition in which it is of a size to be inserted into the passage into an expanded condition in which the body ( ) is fixed relative to the passage. A passage ( ) is provided within the body so as to extend over at least a region of the latter. An inlet ( ) is provided in the body ( ) in communication with the passage therein. The inlet ( ) enables a rigidifying material to be introduced into the passage ( ) in the body ( ) so that at least the region of the body ( ) in which the passage is provided can be rigidified whereby to maintain the body in its expanded condition.