Patent ID: 9549806
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61L

Claim:
1. A method of treating an airway disorder in a patient in need of treatment thereof, comprising: providing a bioresorbable non-expandable stent; and maintaining an airway in a desired configuration by disposing the stent within the airway of a patient having an airway disorder, wherein an initial radial strength of the stent allows it to maintain the desired configuration of the airway to allow healing of the airway, wherein the radial strength of the stent decreases with time due to bioresorption of the stent allowing the airway to adjust from being artificially supported to a healed state without artificial support of the stent; and removing the stent from the airway at a prescribed time point through intervention after disposing the stent within the airway, wherein the stent is designed to have adequate axial strength at the prescribed time point to allow removal of the stent.