Temporary stent and method of use

作者: Sew-Wah Tay , Lixiao Wang , Paul Buscemi , Roger Hastings

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摘要: A temporary stent comprises a coil of tubular thermoplastic material and heating element inside the material, or film with metal resistive coated thereon. method temporarily supporting wall vessel steps inserting body having first outer dimension less than into to desired support position; above its softening transition temperature expanding it second larger dimension; cooling below while at allowing cooled vessel; soften thermoplastic; removing softened from vessel.