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Sterile cover for compressible stents used in percutaneous device delivery systems

  • US 20070162102A1
  • Filed: 01/11/2006
  • Published: 07/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent cover for enclosing a compressible stent during a stent crimping process, the stent cover comprising an outer sheath comprising:

  • a proximal end;

    a distal end;

    an end portion extending from the distal end of the sheath and having a first diameter for at least partially surrounding a tip of a catheter; and

    a stent-retaining portion adjacent to the end portion and having an uncompressed diameter that is larger than the first diameter of the end portion for retaining a stent in an uncompressed condition.

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