INTRAVASCULAR TREATMENT DEVICE

A collapsible treatment device (81) for treating a target area of a vessel wall within a human or animal body, having a mesh portion (89), preferably annular in shape and with a contracted configuration allowing travel within the vessel to the target area and an expanded configuration allowing treat...

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Hauptverfasser: BREEN, LIAM T, MURPHY, BRUCE, BLOWICK, RAY
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A collapsible treatment device (81) for treating a target area of a vessel wall within a human or animal body, having a mesh portion (89), preferably annular in shape and with a contracted configuration allowing travel within the vessel to the target area and an expanded configuration allowing treatment of the target area. A treatment implement (84) is on the mesh portion and a protuberance either as part of the mesh or provided on a sheath which protects the vessel from contact with the implement during travel within the vessel.