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Method of crimping stent on catheter delivery assembly

US9763818B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mikael Trollsas · San Jose, US
Michael H. Ngo · San Jose, US
Boris Anukhin · San Jose, US
Alexander Nikanorov · Palo Alto, US
Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy · Fremont, US
John E. Papp · Anaheim, US
Dudley Jayasinghe · Pittsburg, US
Zella Solter · Temecula, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2013
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49927
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of crimping a stent is disclosed. The stent includes a minimum crimped diameter such that in the minimum crimped diameter, a pair of stent rings, between which marker support structures reside, do not make contact with the marker support structures. The crimped profile of the stent of the present invention can be as small as the crimped profile of a same stent but without the maker support structures.

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