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Method and device for recanalization of a body passageway

  • US 5,178,618 A
  • Filed: 01/16/1991
  • Issued: 01/12/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for recanalization of an occluded body passageway, comprising:

  • a stent, wherein said stent may be inserted into said occluded body passageway and has sufficient radial resistance to recanalize said passageway; and

    means for destroying cells of said body passageway which may reocclude the same by heating said stent to a temperature between 50°

    C. and 100°

    C.

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