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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Yunbing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manish Gada, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yunbing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manish Gada, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/84 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/1038 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49908 (2015.01);
Abstract
A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a balloon. The balloon is formed with between 6 and 15 pleats to provide a uniform expansion of the scaffold when the balloon is inflated. Also provided are methods for crimping a scaffold to a multi-pleated balloon and methods for making a multi-pleated balloon.