Patent ID: 9066795
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61H

Abstract:
1. A method of treatment comprising: transitioning a region of a patient's body from a first state to a second state, wherein the patient's body region envelops a first volume in the first state and envelopes a second volume in the second state, the second volume being greater than the first volume; conforming a passive stent to a contour of the patient's body region, after the body region is transitioned to the second state; affixing the passive stent to the patients body region, when the patient's body region is in the second state; and increasing the rigidity of the passive stent such that the passive stent maintains the patient's body region in the second state, and wherein the passive stent does not further enlarge the patient's body region beyond the second volume.