Method for crimping and loading of intraluminal medical devices
US7636997B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53996
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Crimping apparatuses for reducing the diameter of an intraluminal medical device from a first diameter to a second diameter prior to loading the medical device into a catheter delivery system and loading apparatuses for introducing the medical device into a catheter delivery system, the devices constructed and arranged for matingly engaging one another, combinations thereof, and methods of using the devices.
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