Title:
RADIAL STENT CRIMPER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001021097
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A stent crimper (100) formed of an inner tube (104) and outer tube (102), the inner tube (104) movably or slidably disposed in the outer tube (102). The inner tube (104) has a first end and a slotted second end (110). The slotted second (110) comprises a plurality of flexible axially oriented fingers (108) along the inner tube (104) and is operable from an open configuration in which the fingers (108) flare outward from the inner tube (104) to a closed configuration.
Inventors:
BROWN TERRY V (US)
DUSBABEK ANDREW J (US)
ELLIS LOUIS G (US)
HANSON SCOTT M (US)
KLISCH LEO M (US)
LARSON CHRISTOPHER R (US)
LORENTZEN CORNELIUS LINDA R (US)
PLESSEL JUSTIN E (US)
ULANOWSKI LAWRENCE W (US)
DUSBABEK ANDREW J (US)
ELLIS LOUIS G (US)
HANSON SCOTT M (US)
KLISCH LEO M (US)
LARSON CHRISTOPHER R (US)
LORENTZEN CORNELIUS LINDA R (US)
PLESSEL JUSTIN E (US)
ULANOWSKI LAWRENCE W (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/040587
Publication Date:
March 20, 2008
Filing Date:
August 07, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/06; A61B17/00; A61F2/84; A61F11/00; A61M29/00; B21D39/00; B21D39/04; B23P11/00; B23P19/02; B23P19/04; B23Q1/00; B23Q3/00; B23Q7/04; B25B27/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1996038197A1 | 1996-12-05 |
Foreign References:
| US4610834A | 1986-09-09 | |||
| US5893867A | 1999-04-13 | |||
| US5026377A | 1991-06-25 |
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