Stent-loading mechanism

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1993-05-24

1995-08-01

Graysay, Tamara L.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

To apply or remove a resilient article

606 1, B23P 1902, A61B 1700

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ABSTRACT:
A stent-loading mechanism for loading a stent onto a balloon delivery catheter of the kind typically used in typical percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures.
The device comprises a series of plates having substantially flat and parallel surfaces that move in a rectilinear fashion with respect to each another. A stent carrying catheter can be disposed between these surfaces to affix the stent onto the outside of the catheter by relative motion between the plates. The plates have multiple degrees of freedom and may have force-indicating transducers to measure and indicate the force applied to the catheter during affixation of the stent.

REFERENCES:
patent: 696289 (1902-03-01), Williams
patent: 5189786 (1993-03-01), Ishikawa et al.

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