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Composite intraluminal prostheses

  • US 6,436,132 B1
  • Filed: 03/30/2000
  • Issued: 08/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thermally expandable intraluminal prostheses for implanting in a body lumen comprising an expandable stent body, the stent body having a first configuration having a first diameter at temperature T2 and having a second configuration having a second diameter at temperature T1, wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter and temperature T1 is lower than temperature T2;

  • andan expandable polymer open cell mesh cover coupled with the expandable stent body, wherein the polymer mesh cover exhibits minimal resistence to radial expansion and has a multiplicity of cell openings greater than 100 microns in width.

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