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Implantable medical devices

  • US 20050216074A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2004
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A product comprising a balloon catheter having an expandable member and a stent mounted on the expandable member, the stent comprising an apertured tubular member formed of a polymer, the stent having an initial diameter for delivery into a body lumen and which can be expanded to a second diameter in the lumen by expanding the expandable member, wherein during expansion the polymer does not substantially flow and substantial stress relaxation or creep does not occur so that the geometry of the tubular member is maintained.

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