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Prosthesis adapted for placement under external imaging

  • US 20040167619A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2004
  • Published: 08/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An expandable prosthesis placeable into a body lumen, comprising:

  • a support structure configured to engage the walls of the body lumen, the support structure having a cross-sectional profile that includes a first axis corresponding to and traversing a particular structural feature of the prosthesis configured to provide a function specific thereto; and

    at least one imageable element located about the first axis, the at least one imageable element configured to facilitate visual identification of the rotational orientation of the first axis and the structural feature while the prosthesis is being imaged externally.

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