EP Patent

EP0938880A2 — A hand-held stent crimping device

Assigned to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc · Expires 1999-09-01 · 27y expired

What this patent protects

A device for enabling substantially uniform and tight crimping ofan intravascular stent onto a balloon catheter assembly. The stent crimping device includes at least one compressible and resiliently expandable loop portion, that is expandable radially outwardly to enable supporti…

USPTO Abstract

A device for enabling substantially uniform and tight crimping ofan intravascular stent onto a balloon catheter assembly. The stent crimping device includes at least one compressible and resiliently expandable loop portion, that is expandable radially outwardly to enable supporting of the stent and catheter assembly thereon, and is compressible radially inwardly to substantially uniformly and tightly crimp the stent onto the balloon catheter assembly.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
EP0938880A2
Jurisdiction
EP
Classification
—
Expires
1999-09-01
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc
Source
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