Appeal No. 98-1936
Application 08/316,933
APPENDIX
1. A polymeric medical device designed for internal use
in a patient, comprising a polymer structure that would
ordinarily assume a first conformation and a hydrophilic
polymer coated upon at least a portion of the structure, the
hydrophilic polymer being in a second conformation and having
sufficient rigidity such that the polymer structure is held in
the second conformation, wherein upon hydration of the
hydrophilic polymer the polymer structure assumes the first
conformation.
5. A polymeric medical device designed for internal use
in a patient, comprising a polymer structure, the polymer
structure comprising a first polymer material preconfigured
into a first conformation and a second hydrophilic polymer
material preconfigured into a second conformation, the first
and second polymers having respective mechanical strengths,
the mechanical strength of the second polymer material
exceeding that of the first polymer material sufficiently so
that the polymer structure is in the second conformation,
wherein the second polymer material is adapted to lose its
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