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Transluminally placed expandable graft prosthesis

  • US 4,503,569 A
  • Filed: 03/03/1983
  • Issued: 03/12/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transluminally-placed endovascular graft prosthesis, comprising:

  • a tubular shaped member having first and second open ends and lumen therethrough, said member sized for transluminal placement within a body blood vessel, said member made of a shape memory material having a transition temperature in a range at or above normal body temperature such that after placement within said body blood vessel and upon heating of said member to a temperature higher than normal body temperature said member expands radially so as to become firmly anchored to the inside wall of said body blood vessel, expansion of said member also expanding the diameter of said lumen.

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