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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:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Applicant:
Tamer M. Mahmoud, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tamer M. Mahmoud, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for measuring the force necessary to dislodge a stent from a balloon catheter to which it is mounted. The balloon catheter with a stent mounted thereon is encased in a mass of gel material. The force necessary to pull the catheter from the gel is measured.