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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Applicant:
John E. Papp, Temecula, CA (US);
Inventor:
John E. Papp, Temecula, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); B29C 63/42 (2006.01); B29C 61/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/68 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 28/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); B29C 63/42 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01); B29C 47/0023 (2013.01); B29C 61/065 (2013.01); B29C 65/56 (2013.01); B29C 65/68 (2013.01); B29C 66/532 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29L 2028/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7543 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01);
Abstract
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. The sheath is removed before the medical device is implanted within the body.