An apparatus for crimping a stent to a catheter as well as a method for crimping a stent to a catheter are disclosed in several embodiments. The apparatus in its various embodiments involves the application of a uniform radially inward force to a compressible tube in which the stent and catheter are situated.
申请公布号
US5992000(A)
申请公布日期
1999.11.30
申请号
US19970951550
申请日期
1997.10.16
申请人
SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.
发明人
HUMPHREY, JOHN W.;BROWN, TERRY V.;EUTENEUER, CHARLES L.;HOANG, NAM H.;KLISCH, LEO M.;LARSON, CHRISTOPHER R.;SELL, JONATHAN C.;TSUKERNIK, VLADIMIR B.;ULANOWSKI, LAWRENCE W.
