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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
D. Russell Pflueger, Monarch Beach, CA (US);
Christopher Paul Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
D. Russell Pflueger, Monarch Beach, CA (US);
Christopher Paul Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
Quiescence Medical, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for maintaining patency of a vessel or other body region is provided. The apparatus includes an appliance having a non-circumferential form and being effective in maintaining patency or openness, or causing to become patent or open, a body region in which the appliance is located. The appliance may be formed of a flexible metallic struts structured to be submucossally implanted into a wall of the vessel or other body region.
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