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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mikael Trollsas, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael H. Ngo, San Jose, CA (US);
Boris Anukhin, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander Nikanorov, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Syed Hossainy, Hayward, CA (US);
John E. Papp, Temecula, CA (US);
Dudley Jayasinghe, Murietta, CA (US);
Zella Solter, Temecula, CA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a stent is disclosed. The stent includes a minimum crimped diameter such that in the minimum crimped diameter, a pair of stent rings, between which marker support structures reside, do not make contact with the marker support structures. The crimped profile of the stent of the present invention can be as small as the crimped profile of a same stent but without the marker support structures.