METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A THERMO-MECHANICALLY EXPANDABLE STENT

摘要

An expandable stent (10) for use within a body lumen that is coated with a radiation-absorbing material (18 and 20) and that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures but is expandable at a temperature between about 38 DEG C to 60 DEG C following exposure to radiation. The invention also relates to a method of deploying such a stent (10) within the body.