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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Terry V. Brown, Fridley, MN (US);
Andrew J. Dusbabek, Dayton, MN (US);
Louis G. Ellis, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Scott M. Hanson, Savage, MN (US);
Leo M. Klisch, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Christopher R. Larson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Wayzata, MN (US);
Justin E. Plessel, Fridley, MN (US);
Lawrence W. Ulanowski, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A stent crimper comprising a plurality of crimping members extending between a first support and a second support. The first and optionally the second supports has an opening therethrough sized to allow a stent therethrough. The first and second supports extend from a base. The crimping members are disposed about the circumference of a circle everywhere along the length of the members. Finally, the flexible members extend through a bore in a die. The die is movable in an axial direction along the flexible members.