| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a self-expandable stent-graft having a bioabsorbable structural member and a permanent graft member. A bioabsorbable structural support having a tubular body having open ends, an opening, an inner surface and an outer surface, and an inner surface and an outer surface. And a permanent implant 120 having one of the bioabsorbable structural support 110 or the permanent implant 120 cooperating with the other and providing a coextensive portion. A length of bioabsorbable structural support 11 with at least a portion of the coextensive portion integrally adhered or knitted. 0 and a fixed length of permanent implant 120. |