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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Yunbing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rommel Lumauig, San Jose, CA (US);
James Oberhauser, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yunbing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rommel Lumauig, San Jose, CA (US);
James Oberhauser, Saratoga, 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 one or more balloon pressurization steps. The balloon pressurization steps are selected to enhance scaffold retention to the balloon and maintain a relatively uniform arrangement of balloon folds about the inner surface of the crimped scaffold so that the scaffold expands in a uniform manner when the balloon is inflated.