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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Klaus Kleine, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David C. Gale, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); B29C 49/48 (2006.01); B29C 49/54 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/0073 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); B29C 49/4278 (2013.01); B29C 49/48 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0068 (2013.01); B29C 49/54 (2013.01); B29C 2049/0089 (2013.01); B29C 2793/009 (2013.01); B29K 2067/046 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7534 (2013.01);
Abstract
A polymeric stent has an inner surface with an inner diameter that tapers continuously in size. A method for manufacturing a stent includes blow molding a polymeric tube within a mold having a tapered, cylindrical cavity such that the polymeric tube attains a corresponding tapered shape. The tapered tube is used as a substrate from which a laser cuts interconnecting stent struts.