Stent-loading mechanism
CA 2124050 A1 · Owner: Hernando, Avegel · Inventors: Williams, Michael S.; Hartigan, William; Lau, Lilip
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A stent-loading mechanism for automatically loading a stent onto a balloon delivery catheter of the kind used in typical percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures. The device comprises a tubular member housing an elongated elastic bladder that surrounds the stent to be loaded. The distal end of the balloon catheter assembly and the stent are placed inside the tubular member and pressurized fluid is applied to the bladder to compress and affix the stent onto the outside of the catheter assembly. Another embodiment of the stent-loading device comprises a series of plates having substantially flat and parallel surfaces that move in a rectilinear fashion with respect to …
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- Filed May 20, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 20, 2014.
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