摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/SE83/00131 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 7, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 7, 1983 PCT Filed Apr. 11, 1983 PCT Pub. No. WO83/03752 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 1983.A prosthesis for transluminal implantation comprising a flexible tubular body which has a diameter that is variable by axial movement of the ends of the body relative to each other and which is composed of several individual rigid but flexible thread elements each of which extends in helix configuration with the center line of the body as a common axis, a number of elements having the same direction of winding but being axially displaced relative to each other crossing a number of elements also axially displaced relative to each other but having the opposite direction of winding; and method for transluminal implantation. |