Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Mark C Johnson

Stephen D Pacetti

Yunbing Wang

James Oberhauser

Annie Liu

Sean A McNiven

Travis Richard Yribarren

Rommel Lumauig

Jeremy B Beer

Jason Phillips

Boyd V Knott

Kathleen Yan

Lily Ayo Roberts

Brenna Hearn Lord

Marc L Speck

Steve Saville

Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden

Sean Mcniven

Sean A Mcniven

Annie P Liu

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 inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.

Methods for increasing a retention force between a polymeric scaffold and a delivery balloon

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 inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.

A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.

Method for assembling a scaffold-balloon catheter

A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath is removed by a health professional either by removing the sheath directly or using a tube containing the catheter.

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