Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Daniel A Castro

David C Gale

Bin Huang

Abigail Freeman

Stephen D Pacetti

Yunbing Wang

Syed F A Hossainy

Steven Z Wu

Li Fu Chen

Vincent J Gueriguian

Kurt W Scheinpflug

Kevin L Woolbright

Timothy A Limon

Kevin Jow

Judy A Guruwaiya

Sameer Harish

Deborra Sanders-Millare

A method of crimping a stent on a balloon of a catheter assembly is provided. A polymeric stent is disposed over a balloon in an inflated configuration. The stent is crimped over the inflated balloon to a reduced crimped configuration so that the stent is secured onto the balloon. The balloon wall membrane is wedged or pinched between the strut elements of the stent for increasing the retention of the stent on the balloon.

Methods for improving stent retention on a balloon catheter

A method and system of monitoring environmental exposure of stents using radiofrequency identification is disclosed.

Radio frequency identification monitoring of stents

This invention relates to stents, a type of implantable medical device, with an antiproliferative coating and a prohealing luminal coating and methods of fabricating stents with an antiproliferative coating and a prohealing luminal coating.

Stent with preferential coating

Stents are disclosed with an adhesion promoting layer that improves adhesion of polymer coatings over polymer surfaces of a stent substrate.

Stents with adhesion promoting layer

Methods and systems for reduced temperature radiation sterilization of stents are disclosed.

Reduced temperature sterilization of stents

Methods are disclosed to improved adhesion of polymer coatings over polymer surfaces of stents which include plasma treatment, applying an adhesion promoting layer, surface treatments with solvents, and mechanical roughening techniques.

Methods to improve adhesion of polymer coatings over stents

Methods of treating the polymeric surfaces of a stent with a fluid including a solvent for the surface polymer are disclosed.

Surface treatment of a polymeric stent

A method of coating a stent involves modifying a spray coating parameter until a target mass per coating layer is achieved. A method for coating involves spraying a batch of stents according to spraying parameters that were previously determined to provide a target mass per coating layer.

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Daniel A Castro