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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Harrington, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jill McCoy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/91 (2013.01); B23P 11/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/56 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); B23K 26/0093 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23P 11/025 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49865 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49913 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49929 (2015.01);
Abstract
A polymer scaffold is crimped to a balloon while the polymer material is in a thermodynamically unstable state, or a transient state including crimping shortly after a tube or scaffold processing step that imparts memory to the material, or shortly after rejuvenation of the scaffold.