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Patent Inventor Names
Gordon J. Kocur0
Date of Patent
April 4, 2006
0Patent Application Number
100847650
Date Filed
February 26, 2002
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A self-expanding stent is formed of a stent framework and retaining segments disposed about the framework. The retaining segments hold the stent in a partially or fully contracted state in a bodily vessel. The retaining segments are constructed to fail after a predetermined time or upon the application of a predetermined force. Upon failure of the segments, the stent expands in the bodily vessel.
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