Patents Assigned to Corvita Europe
  • Intraluminal endoprosthesis for ramifying the ducts of a human or animal body and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 6554858
    Abstract: Intraluminal prosthesis comprising a tubular trunk element (1), which is radially expandable and compressible and which axially has a cavity (2) open at its two ends and divided into several axial channels (7, 8), and at least one branch element (13) which is radially expandable and compressible and which axially has a cavity open at its two ends, being, in its compression position, independent of the trunk element and having, in the expansion position, one end within one of the said axial channels and another end outside the trunk element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Corvita Europe
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Georges Emile Dereume, Noureddine Frid