Stent crimping tool
US6481262B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53987
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A stent crimping device for crimping a stent onto a balloon delivery-catheter of the kind typically used in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures. The device comprises a pair of plates bearing mutually opposed parallel ribs. The ribbed plates move in a direction such that a stepped circular crimp may be rolled onto a stent thereby firmly fixing the stent to a catheter balloon.
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