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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin E. Healy, Moraga, CA (US);
Joseph T. Walsh, Evanston, IL (US);
Gary S. Dorfman, Saunderstown, RI (US);
Assignee:
B. Braun Medical Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
An expandable stent for use within a body lumen that is coated with a radiation-absorbing material and that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures but is expandable at a temperature between about 38° C. to 60° C. following exposure to radiation. The invention also relates to a method of deploying such a stent within the body.