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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kiarash Haghighat-Khansari, San Jose, CA (US);
David Pinson, Mountian View, CA (US);
Marika Kamberi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); G01N 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); G01N 33/15 (2013.01); G01N 2013/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent holder for securely holding a drug eluting stent (DES) during a real-time or an accelerated in-vitro drug release test of a therapeutic substance contained in or on the DES. The holder has a retainer portion and a wire portion separable from the retainer. The holder has a narrowed or reduced profile resulting in less disruptive flow in and around the stent during the accelerated in-vitro drug release test.