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Expandable device

  • US 6,706,064 B1
  • Filed: 05/22/2000
  • Issued: 03/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An expandable device for insertion into a passage, said expandable device comprising:

  • a. a body formed of at least one flexible material, said body being convertible from a collapsed condition in which it is of a size to be inserted into the passage into an expanded condition in which the body is fixed relative to the passage, b. passage means in said body, said passage means including a main channel in communication with a purality of channels extending transversely from the main channel, extending over at least a region of the body, and being spaced by portions of the body, c. inlet means communicating with said passage means, and d. flowable rigidifying material introducable into the passage means, the material rigidifyin within the passage means to thereby maintain the body in the expanded condition.

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