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US 8,739,379 B2Granted
Crimping apparatus
AssigneeAbbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
InventorStephen Dirk Pacetti
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed including a workspace for receiving a stent and a delivery device for the stent; a source for exposing the stent in the workspace to a plasticizing agent, vapor, or moisture, wherein the stent can be reduced in diameter in the workspace while under exposure of the plasticizing agent, vapor or moisture; and a device for reducing the diameter of the stent in the workspace to position the stent on or within the deliver device.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a workspace for receiving a stent and a delivery device for the stent;
- (b) a source for exposing the stent in the workspace to a plasticizing agent, the plasticizing agent being other than water and other than saline solution, wherein the stent can be reduced in diameter in the workspace while under exposure to the plasticizing agent;
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- (c) a device for reducing the diameter of the stent in the workspace to position the stent on or within the delivery device.
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A crimping device to mount a stent on a balloon of a catheter assembly, comprising:
- (a) a workspace in which the stent is placed for crimping of the stent on the balloon;
- (b) means for introducing a plasticizing agent in the workspace for allowing the plasticizing agent to plasticize a polymeric component of the stent, the plasticizing agent being other than water and other than saline solution;
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- (c) means for crimping the stent onto the balloon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.