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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cornel I. Ciurea, Murrieta, CA (US);
Karen J. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Hart, Temecula, CA (US);
Mark Ritchie, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Jessie Madriaga, San Jose, CA (US);
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for making a sheath used to protect a medical device. The medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath is removed by a health professional either by removing the sheath directly or using a tube containing the catheter.