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Biodegradable polymeric endoluminal sealing process, apparatus and polymeric product for use therein

  • US 5,674,287 A
  • Filed: 01/14/1994
  • Issued: 10/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for paving or sealing an interior surface of a hollow organ or tissue lumen comprising providing a thermoplastic material in a fluent state in a hollow organ or tissue lumen at a location requiring structural support, reconfiguring the thermoplastic material to form a layer of thermoplastic material on the interior surface, allowing the thermoplastic material to be converted into a non-fluent state in intimate and conforming contact with the tissue surface thereby paving or sealing the hollow organ or tissue lumen, and allowing the material to remain in intimate and conforming contact with the interior surface for a period of time effective for said structural support.

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