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Hand-held stent crimper

  • US 5,836,952 A
  • Filed: 08/21/1996
  • Issued: 11/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A crimper for receiving a catheter and for placing and crimping a balloon-deployable device onto a catheter, the crimper comprising:

  • a guide member having a longitudinal axis generally coinciding with a longitudinal feed axis of the crimper;

    a holding member positioned with respect to said guide member so as to accommodate a balloon-deployable device such as a stent and a catheter slidingly inserted along said guide member, into said crimper, and into a balloon-deployable device along said crimper longitudinal feed axis;

    an elongated wrapping member which wraps substantially around said holding member so as to generally define a substantially cylindrical compression site lying along said longitudinal feed axis of the crimper; and

    a moving and guiding assembly along which the elongated wrapping member passes and by which the elongated wrapping member imparts a cylindrical compressive force onto said holding member and a balloon-deployable device positioned therewithin, whereby a balloon-deployable device is crimped onto the catheter.

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