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Device for compressing a stent

US8468667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

JenaValve Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Helmut Straubinger · Aschheim, DE
Johannes Jung · Karlsruhe, DE
Arnulf Mayer · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
Michael J. Girard · Lino Lakes, US
Randy Matthew Lane · Langley, CA
Amir Miller · Netanya, IL

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2010
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53952
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device for compressing a stent or a stent with a prosthetic heart valve affixed thereto, as well as a method for loading a stent into a medical delivery system. The device may comprise a compressing mechanism designed so as to exert a compressive force in radial direction on at least parts of a stent accommodated within the compressing mechanism such that the cross-section of the stent is reduced to a predefinable value at least at certain areas. The device may further comprise a manipulating mechanism moveable relative to the compressing mechanism for moving at least one clamping means in the radial direction in order to adjust the internal cross-sectional diameter of the compressing mechanism.

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