Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for improving stent retention on a balloon catheter
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Application No.: US13779636Application Date: 2013-02-27
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Publication No.: US09259341B2Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: Bin Huang , David C. Gale , Daniel Castro
- Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B23P11/00
- IPC: B23P11/00 ; A61F2/958 ; A61F2/844 ; A61F2/95
Abstract:
A method of crimping a stent on a balloon of a catheter assembly is provided. A polymeric stent is disposed over a balloon in an inflated configuration. The stent is crimped over the inflated balloon to a reduced crimped configuration so that the stent is secured onto the balloon. The balloon wall membrane is wedged or pinched between the strut elements of the stent for increasing the retention of the stent on the balloon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130269168A1 METHODS FOR IMPROVING STENT RETENTION ON A BALLOON CATHETER Public/Granted day:2013-10-17
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