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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Daniel Perreault, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Mark Edin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Bruce Asmus, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Perreault, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Mark Edin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Bruce Asmus, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Crimping apparatuses for reducing the diameter of an intraluminal medical device from a first diameter to a second diameter prior to loading the medical device into a catheter delivery system and loading apparatuses for introducing the medical device into a catheter delivery system, the devices constructed and arranged for matingly engaging one another, combinations thereof, and methods of using the devices.