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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Brian L. Pelton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent contracting apparatus configured with retractable grippers to engage the struts of a self-expanding stent to hold the stent in a collapsed position and to release the stent within a body lumen. The grippers of the stent contracting apparatus are moveable between a retracted and deployed position by an actuating mechanism which includes at least one control wire that extends outside the body lumen. A post-dilatation expandable member allows a physician to adjust the positioning of the expanded stent within the lumen if necessary.
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