Method for loading a stent into a delivery device
US10537450B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23P11/005
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of loading an expandable stent into a delivery device may include positioning a middle portion of the expandable stent in a collapsing fixture including a passage extending therethrough, radially compressing the middle portion of the expandable stent in the passage before any other portion of the expandable stent while a first end of the expandable stent is disposed outside of the passage, moving the collapsing fixture relative to the expandable stent, radially compressing the expandable stent from the middle portion toward the first end of the expandable stent, and inserting the first end of the expandable stent followed by the middle portion of the expandable stent into a distal end of an elongate outer sheath of the delivery device.
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