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US 6,352,547 B1Granted
Stent crimping system
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsTerry V. Brown, Leo M. Klisch, Victor G. Shukhat
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Abstract
A stent crimper is formed of at least one crimping member disposed in a reducible diameter loop. The crimping member includes at least one pulling member extending from the loop. The diameter of the loop is reduced by pulling on the pulling member. A stent placed in the loop may be crimped by reducing the diameter of the loop.
Claims5
A stent crimper comprising:
- a support frame, the support frame having a first section and a second section, and a gap extending therebetween;
- a movable carriage movably mounted on the first section of the support frame, the movable carriage capable of moving back and forth from the first section to the second section and
- a crimping member for receiving a stent thereon, the crimping member disposed in the gap, a first end of the crimping member extending from the movable carriage, a second end of the crimping member extending from the second section, the crimping member forming a loop when the movable carriage is moved toward the second end of the crimping member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.