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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Cordis Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas D. Ellsworth, Easton, PA (US);
Israel James Jessop, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Dennis Vaughan, North Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53 (2015.01);
Abstract
A loading device for self-expanding stents that utilizes a rod with a stop on one end, a compressible sleeve that is slidably mounted on the rod and a compressible member slidably mounted on the rod and configured to increase the diameter of the compressible sleeve when forced against it.