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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lily Ayo Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean A. McNiven, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen Yan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boyd V. Knott, Menifee, CA (US);
Jeremy B. Beer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark C. Johnson, Murrieta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29B 11/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); B29C 65/66 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 28/00 (2006.01); B29C 55/24 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); B29K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61L 31/00 (2013.01); B29C 65/66 (2013.01); B29C 66/532 (2013.01); B29C 66/63 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/73117 (2013.01); B29C 66/73791 (2013.01); B29C 66/91411 (2013.01); B29C 66/91945 (2013.01); B29C 66/9292 (2013.01); B29C 66/92445 (2013.01); B29C 66/92921 (2013.01); B29C 67/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); B29C 55/24 (2013.01); B29C 65/7817 (2013.01); B29C 66/91421 (2013.01); B29C 66/949 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0009 (2013.01); B29K 2101/00 (2013.01); B29L 2028/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7534 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7543 (2013.01);
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 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.