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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Biotronik Ag, Bülach, CH;
Inventor:
Fabian Risch, Doerflingen, CH;
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK AG, Buelach, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/9524 (2020.05); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for arranging a stent, especially a drug-coated stent, on a balloon of a balloon catheter. At a stent implantation site (e.g., during an angioplasty procedure), the balloon of the balloon catheter serves to expand the stent radially, so that the stent, e.g., opens a vascular stenosis and is securely fixed to the vessel wall. Pressure plates are arranged and operate to maintain a protection device that avoids contamination of the stent.