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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Raed Rizq, Fridley, MN (US);
John J. Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stanley Nordin, Monticello, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1027 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1088 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an assembly of a balloon mounted on a catheter and a stent mounted over the deflated balloon, the balloon is provided with a fugitive plasticizer before the stent is crimped over the balloon. The fugitive plasticizer can soften the balloon surface so that molding of the balloon surface to conform to the crimped stent occurs. The fugitive plasticizer is removed before the assembly is used.