| 20100036473 | HEATABLE DELIVERY DEVICE - A deployment device is provided for delivery and placement of a polymeric implant and/or stent with a polymeric coating in a body passageway. The deployment device can be used to provide temperature controlled inflation fluid and/or temperature adjusted inflation fluid to locally heat the polymeric implant and or stent with a polymeric coating to achieve a relatively softer polymeric phase, reducing the risk of fracture of the polymeric implant and or stent with a polymeric coating during expansion. | 02-11-2010 |
