Reduced temperature sterilization of stents

摘要

Methods and systems for reduced temperature radiation sterilization of stents are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method of sterilizing a stent comprising:
providing a stent-catheter assembly including a polymer stent crimped to a balloon of a balloon catheter; providing a radiation barrier adjacent the stent; selecting a sterilization temperature for the stent; cooling the stent to the sterilization temperature; and exposing the stent-catheter assembly to a dose of radiation; wherein the radiation barrier is arranged such that an uniformity of dose received by the stent is increased over a dose received by the stent in the absence of the radiation barrier.