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This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/EP2002/012509, filed Nov. 8, 2002, which is incorporated by reference herein.
This alloy is malleable at a temperature of the order of 10□C. but can recover its neutral shape at a temperature substantially corresponding to that of the human body.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one radially expandable second stent body having, in a predetermined fully expanded state, a substantially cylindrical shape, said second stent body being configured to be engaged in a said secondary conduit; the cross section of the at least one second stent body, in the predetermined expanded state, being less than the cross section of the first and second ends of the first stent body when the first stent body is in its predetermined expanded state.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, said first and second stent bodies being made from first and second tubes of material, respectively, the first tube having a larger diameter than the second tube.
7. The apparatus of claim 2, said first and second stent bodies having a meshwork structure formed of meshes elongated in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus, each mesh having a substantially hexagonal shape, wherein the meshes of said first stent body have a width which increases progressively in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus with the meshes toward the first end of the first stent body having the greatest cross section in the expanded state.
11. The kit of claim 10, said kit consisting only of said packaging element and said first stent body.
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