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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Jacques Seguin, Windsor, GB;
Gonzague Issenmann, Clichy, FR;
Inventors:
Jacques Seguin, Windsor, GB;
Gonzague Issenmann, Clichy, FR;
Assignee:
Stentys SAS, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2002/067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating a body conduit/lumen having an undesired reduced diameter includes determining a target diameter of the conduit/lumen in a target location of the conduit/lumen, and delivering a self-expanding metal stent in a contracted configuration to the target location. In a fully expanded configuration, the stent has a diameter that is more than 50% larger than the target diameter over an entire length of the self-expanding stent.