Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Patent
1995-06-06
1997-02-18
Buiz, Michael Powell
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
606195, 623 1, 623 12, A61M 2900
Patent
active
056037228
ABSTRACT:
A stent designed to be carried on the balloon of a balloon catheter to a target site is described. The stent is formed of a series of expandable, strip-like segments, each formed of a memory polymer and adapted for movement between a closed, high-curvature condition and an expanded, low-curvature condition upon exposure to a selected stimulus.
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Froix Michael
Phan Loc
Stertzer Simon
Buiz Michael Powell
Dehlinger Peter J.
Mohr Judy M.
Quanam Medical Corporation
Truong Kevin
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