×

Prosthesis for bodily canal

  • US 5,514,178 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1994
  • Issued: 05/07/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A prosthesis intended to be introduced into a bodily canal having a passage cross section, said prosthesis comprising:

  • a flexible tube intended to preserve said passage cross section of the bodily canal,a holding device intended to immobilize said tube in position in said canal,said holding device being connected to one end of said tube by linkage means, while being arranged at a distance from said end,said holding device being radially deformable and being able to pass from a first cross section which is at most equal to said passage cross section, to a second cross section which is such that said holding device bears on a wall of an orifice of the bodily canal emerging in a natural cavity, andsaid holding device being a tubular helical spring made of turns at least substantially contiguous, said tubular helical spring having a length of several millimeters, said helical spring having a cross section of oblong shape, a short dimension of the oblong cross section of the said tubular helical spring being at most equal to said passage cross section, and a long dimension of the oblong cross section of said tubular helical spring being greater than the said passage cross section.

View all claims
  • 4 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×