Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Ats Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

Shaulaine Choo

Yung-Ming Chen

Jason Van Sciver

Anthony S Andreacchi

Antonio N Garcia

David Rego

Arnoldo M Currlin

Sang Joon Park

Thomas David Esbeck

Bryan D Glenn

Sidney Watterodt

Edward P Garcia

Patrick A Tuohy

Mark Haight

Steven E Lehner

Richard Baillargeon

Kurt Kilchenmann

A system and method of aligning a stent with a stent support involves taking two images of the stent that has been placed on the stent support and determining from the two images whether the stent is aligned with the stent support. The stent can be rotated so that the two images are of different views of the stent. A computer can be configured to receive the images and to determine the whether the stent is aligned. A backlight can be used to take images of the stent in silhouette. A portion of the stent support can be re-positioned based on an image taken of the stent.

Method and system for aligning a stent with a stent support

A method for aligning a stent with a stent support includes the steps of (1) placing a stent support and a stent mounted on the stent support in a vertically position with the stent support's first support element at a lower position and the stent support's second support element at an upper position; (2) obtaining a digital image of the stent support and stent; (3) analyzing the digital image of the stent support and stent to compute the vertical position of the stent's upper end; (4) computing a desired position of the second support element based on the position of the stent's upper end; and (5) using a positioning device to move the second support element to the desired position. The movement of the second support element causes the conical sections of the first and second support elements to engage the respective ends of the stent to center the stent around a core element of the stent support and to secure the stent in a longitudinal direction of the stent support.

Method for aligning a stent with a stent support

Method and device for aligning a stent with a stent support

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