A device arranged to sustain and/or provide at least partial patency of a small blood vessel exhibiting an occlusion, the device constituted of a tubular body expandable from a first small diameter state for manipulation to, and through, the occlusion of the small blood vessel and a second large diameter state, the inner dimensions of the second large diameter state being no more than 50% of the diameter of the small blood vessel at the occlusion location, the device presenting a conduit for blood flow through the occlusion when in the large diameter state. In one embodiment the small blood vessel is an intracranial blood vessel.Buluş genel olarak tıbbi cihazlar alanı ile, özellikle felç tedavisinde yararlı olan tıbbi cihazlar ile ve daha özel olarak tıkalı bir arterden oksijenli kanın akışını sağlayan ve bu suretle en azından kısmi açıklığı koruyan bir cihaz ile ilgilidir.
