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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Bruce H. Asmus, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Brian R. Butler, Monticello, MN (US);
Ray Adney, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Timothy G. J. Ehr, Elk River, MN (US);
Bruce H. Asmus, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Brian R. Butler, Monticello, MN (US);
Ray Adney, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Timothy G. J. Ehr, Elk River, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods of heating and cooling during a crimping process are disclosed. One method includes providing a cooling source to cool the stent and/or drug eluting coating of the stent while crimping the stent onto the balloon, and providing a heating source to heat the balloon while crimping the stent onto the balloon. Another method includes introducing a cooling fluid through a passage in one or more of the plurality of crimping elements of the crimping apparatus to cool the crimping elements while crimping the stent onto the balloon, and introducing a heating fluid through the elongate shaft of the balloon catheter to heat the balloon while crimping the stent onto the balloon.