Method and system for aligning a stent with a stent support

US8055360B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · US
• ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. · CA

Inventors

• Sang-Joon Park · Seoul, KR
• Shaulaine Choo · Cambridge, CA
• Anthony S. Andreacchi · San Jose, US
• Yung-Ming Chen · Cupertino, US
• Arnoldo M. Currlin · Murrieta, US
• Antonio Garcia · San Jose, US
• Jason Van Sciver · Los Gatos, US
• Thomas David Esbeck · Murrieta, US
• Bryan D. Glenn · Temecula, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/4978
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method of aligning a stent with a stent support involves taking two images of the stent that has been placed on the stent support and determining from the two images whether the stent is aligned with the stent support. The stent can be rotated so that the two images are of different views of the stent. A computer can be configured to receive the images and to determine the whether the stent is aligned. A backlight can be used to take images of the stent in silhouette. A portion of the stent support can be re-positioned based on an image taken of the stent.