×

Bellows medical construct and apparatus and method for using same

  • US 6,001,117 A
  • Filed: 03/19/1998
  • Issued: 12/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of delivering and deploying a tubular construct into a body lumen to open occlusions or to provide flow therein, comprising the steps of:

  • a) inserting a tubular construct comprising a flexible and axially collapsible bellows of a diameter sufficiently less than that of said lumen when axially uncompressed, and greater when axially compressed, into said lumen;

    b) advancing said construct through said lumen and around any bends therein to a desired site of deployment; and

    c) axially compressing at least the bellows of said construct until said bellows achieves a diameter approximately equal to that of said lumen site, so as to be retained at said lumen site.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×