Patent ID: 6626936
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,A61M

Abstract:
A medical assembly comprising:an implantable prosthesis adapted for delivery to a treatment site in a body lumen, the prosthesis being tubular, radially expandable, formed of a plurality of elongate filaments, and degradable in situ at a first degradation rate; and an elongate radiopaque marker including a bioabsorbable material, the marker being mechanically secured with respect to the elongate filaments of the prosthesis for implantation therewith and in a manner to enable locating the prosthesis in vivo by fluoroscopically imaging the marker, the radiopaque marker being degradable at a second degradation rate higher than the first degradation rate; wherein the elongate filaments of the prosthesis form a plurality of crossing points, and the radiopaque marker is secured in surrounding relation to a pair of the elongate filaments at one of the crossing points.