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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Ilan Shalev, Givatayim, IL;
Inventor:
Ilan Shalev, Givatayim, IL;
Assignee:
Neovasc Medical Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A narrowing intraluminal stent is disclosed and comprises a hollow body and a flow passage therethrough, the hollow body designed for intraluminal placement and having at least one portion of an inner cross sectional dimension smaller than the cross sectional dimension of the lumen, so as to artificially narrow a passage through the body lumen. A method of artificially narrowing a passage through a body lumen using the stent is also disclosed.