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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Juergen Dorn, Neulussheim, DE;
Juergen Dorn, Neulussheim, DE;
C. R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method of loading a self-expanding stent into a delivery sheath configured to retain the stent in a radially compressed pre-deployment configuration, including the steps of radially compressing the stent from a relaxed outside diameter dto a compressed outside diameter d, providing a loading sheath with an inner diameter d, where d>d>d, translating the stent relative to the sheath, whereby the stent is accommodated within the lumen of the loading sheath, providing a delivery sheath with an inner diameter d, where d>d>d, advancing the loading sheath, containing the stent, into the lumen of the delivery sheath, and deploying the stent into the lumen of the delivery sheath.