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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Raul M. Valdesuso Aguilar, Alicante, ES;
Gilles Ascher, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
Raul M. Valdesuso Aguilar, Alicante, ES;
Gilles Ascher, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
HEXACATH, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to an implantable medical device. This implantable medical device () to be implanted at an implantation site comprises a proximal end (P), a central portion (C) and a distal end (D), characterized in that it comprises, at its proximal end (P), at least one means () for positioning the implantable device () at a precise point of a branching (E) of a blood vessel (V), such as a coronary artery. The invention provides precise, exact and almost perfect positioning of the implantable medical devicesuch as a stentat the branching E of the blood vessel V to be treated, in order to treat the ostial lesions or stenoses that have been very difficult to treat until now.