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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Lily Ayo Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean A. Mcniven, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen Yan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boyd V. Knott, Menifee, CA (US);
Jeremy B. Beer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark C. Johnson, Murrieta, CA (US);
Lily Ayo Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean A. McNiven, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen Yan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boyd V. Knott, Menifee, CA (US);
Jeremy B. Beer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark C. Johnson, Murrieta, CA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.