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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Venus Medtech (Hangzhou), Inc., Hangzhou, CN;
Inventors:
Wolfgang Goetz, Regensburg, DE;
Hou-Sen Lim, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., Hangzhou, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/005 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0073 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49908 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53709 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for crimping a medical implant includes at least one foldable and/or unfoldable structure on or around or over a portion or outer surface of a catheter or of a catheter tip. No pressure beyond a predetermined pressure is exerted on the structure during and/or after crimping of the implant.