Stent for placement in a body tube
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Feb 11, 1997
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Aug 18, 1995
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Mar 6, 1995
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A stent for placement in a body tube includes a flexible support structure of wires, wherein the wires are of a material having a shape memory function. The support structure of the stent is composed of wires which have different shape memories. In a method for changing the configuration of a stent of the above-described type which has been placed in a body tube, the stent is subjected over at least portions thereof to a specific application of heat or cold in order to influence the restoring force and/or the geometric shape.
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