Patents Assigned to Ecole Polytechnique Federale de la Lausanne
  • Implant with deflector for intravascular dilation
    Patent number: 6641605
    Abstract: An intravascular dilator includes a central body acting as deflector o the blood flow to increase the value of shear stress to the artery wall. Flexible spires soldered to the deflector are radially extensible from a first diameter substantially equal to the deflector diameter to a second diameter greater than the artery diameter, the spires rest against the artery internal wall in operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de la Lausanne
    Inventor: Nikolaos Stergiopulos