Methods for uniform crimping and deployment of a polymer scaffold
US9161852B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49936
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes one or more balloon pressurization steps. The balloon pressurization steps are selected to enhance scaffold retention to the balloon while retaining, at least partially, the original balloon folds as the balloon is pressurized and de-pressurized within a crimper head. By at least partially retaining the original balloon folds, a uniformity of scaffold expansion by the balloon is improved.
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