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Delayed memory device

  • US 20060184230A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2006
  • Published: 08/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of reshaping a blood vessel in a patient, comprising:

  • providing a shape-changing member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion;

    maintaining the shape-changing member in a first configuration using a resorbable material;

    inserting the shape-changing member into the blood vessel; and

    fixing the proximal and distal end portions of the shape-changing member to an inner wall of the blood vessel;

    wherein the resorbable material is resorbed in the patient'"'"'s body, thereby causing the shape-changing member to adjust from the first configuration to a second configuration for reshaping the blood vessel.

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