Loading stent with compressed air
US7503105B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53987
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A stent loading system comprises a contracting aperture device having blades defining a contracting aperture and a fluid supply source. The blades are movable so as to vary the size of the contracting aperture. A stream of fluid is supplied by a fluid supply source and enters the contracting aperture and travels longitudinally through the contracting aperture. The stream of fluid is arranged to transport a stent from the contracting aperture contracting aperture and outside the contracting aperture device.
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