Endovascular support device

Details Endovascular support device Endovascular support device

1989-08-24

1994-03-08

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Internal pressure applicator

623 1, A61M 2900

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052923312

ABSTRACT:
An endovascular support device for treatment of chronic restenosis or other vascular narrowing is disclosed together with a method of manufacture and a method for delivering a plurality of such devices to an affected area of a vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the endovascular support device comprises a unitary wirelike structure configured to form a plurality of upper and lower peaks which may be compressed for delivery to an affected area of a coronary or peripheral vessel in a human, and then expanded to maintain a passageway through the vessel.

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patent: 4800882 (1989-01-01), Gianturco
patent: 4913141 (1990-04-01), Hillstead

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