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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Bin Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen Schaible, Anaheim, CA (US);
Richard Kaufman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jim Kennedy, Murrieta, CA (US);
David C. Gale, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Amin, Temecula, CA (US);
John Guardiano, Menifee, CA (US);
Bin Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen Schaible, Anaheim, CA (US);
Richard Kaufman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jim Kennedy, Murrieta, CA (US);
David C. Gale, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Amin, Temecula, CA (US);
John Guardiano, Menifee, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for manufacturing an implantable medical device, such as a stent, from a tube with desirable mechanical properties, such as improved circumferential strength and rigidity, are described herein. Improved circumferential strength and rigidity may be obtained by inducing molecular orientation in materials for use in manufacturing an implantable medical device. Methods of inducing circumferential molecular orientation by inducing circumferential flow in a molten polymer are disclosed.