Methods of supporting a vein, featuring deforming a vein support while being mounted on the vein. Such deformation may be sufficient to impose thereupon a plastic deformation that alters a length of the vein support, from a pre-deformation relaxed length to a post-deformation relaxed length different than the pre-deformation relaxed length. Following the plastic deformation, the vein support may maintain a new shape relative to a longitudinal axis thereof.
申请公布号
EP2361059(A1)
申请公布日期
2011.08.31
申请号
EP20090796098
申请日期
2009.11.24
申请人
VASCULAR GRAFT SOLUTIONS LTD.;THE MEDICAL RESEARCH, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HEALTH SERVICES FUND OF THE TEL AVIV MEDICAL CENTER