Radial stent crimper

US6769161B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Scimed Life Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Terry V. Brown · Fridley, US
• Andrew J. Dusbabek · Dayton, US
• Louis Ellis · Sauk Centre, US
• Scott Hanson · Savage, US
• Leo Klisch · Falcon Heights, US
• Christopher R. Larson · Windom, US
• Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius · Wayzata, US
• Justin Plessel · Fridley, US
• Lawrence W. Ulanowski · Brooklyn Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53996
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stent crimper comprising a plurality of crimping members extending between a first support and a second support. The first and optionally the second supports has an opening therethrough sized to allow a stent therethrough. The first and second supports extend from a base. The crimping members are disposed about the circumference of a circle everywhere along the length of the members. Finally, the flexible members extend through a bore in a die. The die is movable in an axial direction along the flexible members.