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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Veit Otto, St. Wendel, DE;
Ali Abdullah Tareq Hasson, Aachen, DE;
Dagmar Boltersdorf, Kreuzau, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a process by which tubular tissue supports (stents) can be removed from hollow organs of humans or of animals after heating to a temperature below the transition temperature Ttrans until softening occurs.