EXPANDABLE STENT
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Abstract
An expandable stent designed to maintain a passageway through a body lumen of a patient is disclosed. The expandable stent is a tubular member that includes a thermoplastic material and woven or wound fibers at least partially in contact with the thermoplastic material, such that the thermoplastic material maintains the tubular member in at least one of an expanded state and a collapsed state.
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42 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A method of maintaining patency through an anatomical lumen, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing the anatomical lumen with a tubular member in a collapsed state, the tubular member including a distal end and a proximal end and defining a lumen extending at least partially therethrough, the tubular member comprising; a thermoplastic material, and fibers selected from the group consisting of woven and wound fibers at least partially in contact with the thermoplastic material, the thermoplastic material maintaining the tubular member in at least one of an expanded state and the collapsed state; positioning the tubular member within the anatomical lumen; and transitioning the tubular member from the collapsed state to the expanded state. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of maintaining patency through an anatomical lumen, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing the anatomical lumen with a tubular member in a collapsed state, the tubular member including a distal end and a proximal end and defining a lumen extending at least partially therethrough, the tubular member comprising; a thermoplastic material, and fibers at least partially in contact with the thermoplastic material; positioning the tubular member within the anatomical lumen; and transitioning the tubular member from the collapsed state to an expanded state. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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31-1. The method of claim 28 wherein the tubular member includes fibers that are wound.
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