Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Patent
1997-08-11
1999-10-19
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
623 1, 623 12, 606194, A61M 2900
Patent
active
059680709
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a medical device such as a stent in the form of an expandable mesh with an expandable polymer layer thereon. The mesh is metal or plastic. The polymer may be any of a variety of expandable polymers, which either expand upon hydration, or expand without significant resistance. The invention may be used, for example, as an expandable biliary, vascular, endotracheal, esophageal, or prostatic device.
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Bley Robert S.
Thomas Joseph R.
Van Bladel Kevin H.
Buiz Michael
Cordis Corporation
Lewis William
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