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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2004
Yogesh B. Gianchandani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenichi Takahata, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kensall D. Wise, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew D. Dehennis, Germantown, MD (US);
Yogesh B. Gianchandani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenichi Takahata, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kensall D. Wise, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew D. DeHennis, Germantown, MD (US);
The Regents of The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a stent device useful for maintaining the patency of a lumen while monitoring an intraluminal characteristic. The device includes a structure having a set of extendible bands that are capable of plastic deformation to form a scaffolding having an inductance, and further includes a capacitance coupled to the set of extendible bands and responsive to the intraluminal characteristic. The capacitance and the inductance form a tank circuit after the plastic deformation of the set of extendible bands to enable wireless transmission of an indication of the intraluminal characteristic.