Installation for widening passages e.g. blood vessels in vivo - comprises catheter equipped with balloon and cylindrical tensioning element of biodegradable materials
摘要
<p>The installation comprises a catheter equipped with a balloon at the tip. A cylindrical tensioning element is located on the balloon in a compressed state. The element is made of biodegradable fibres by knitting, weaving or braiding and the cylinder dia. can be easily reduced to a predetermined value. ADVANTAGE - The device does not remain permanently in the living organism.</p>