Method for retaining a vascular stent on a catheter
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1. A method of mounting a stent on a balloon catheter, comprising:
- applying a drug coating to the stent;
positioning the stent on a balloon of the balloon catheter to create an assembly, wherein the stent includes an open-walled body formed from struts with gaps;
placing the stent and balloon catheter assembly into one half of complementary halves of a split mold, and closing the halves to enclose the assembly therein;
applying a first radially compressive force via the split mold on an outer surface of the stent, thereby decreasing the outer diameter of the stent on the balloon catheter;
pressurizing and heating the balloon while restricting radial expansion of the outer surface of the stent such that an outer surface of the expanding balloon embeds into the stent gaps; and
applying a second radially compressive force via the split mold on the outer surface of the stent.
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Abstract
A method of securely mounting a stent on a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method generally includes crimping a stent on a balloon of a balloon catheter, and positioning the balloon with the drug delivery stent thereon within a polished bore of a mold formed at least in part of a metallic material. The balloon is pressurized and heated within the mold as the mold radially restrains the stent from expanding. The stent is re-crimped on the balloon after removal from the mold to increase retention of the stent on the balloon.
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1. A method of mounting a stent on a balloon catheter, comprising:
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applying a drug coating to the stent; positioning the stent on a balloon of the balloon catheter to create an assembly, wherein the stent includes an open-walled body formed from struts with gaps; placing the stent and balloon catheter assembly into one half of complementary halves of a split mold, and closing the halves to enclose the assembly therein; applying a first radially compressive force via the split mold on an outer surface of the stent, thereby decreasing the outer diameter of the stent on the balloon catheter; pressurizing and heating the balloon while restricting radial expansion of the outer surface of the stent such that an outer surface of the expanding balloon embeds into the stent gaps; and applying a second radially compressive force via the split mold on the outer surface of the stent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of mounting a stent on a balloon catheter, comprising:
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applying a drug coating to the stent; positioning a stent on a balloon catheter to form an assembly, the balloon catheter having an elongated shaft with an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen and an inflatable balloon on a distal shaft section with an interior in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and the stent having an open-walled body of stent struts with gaps between adjacent stent struts; placing the stent and balloon catheter assembly into one half of complementary halves of a split mold having a polished interior bore, and closing the halves to enclose the assembly therein; applying a first radially compressive force via the split mold on an outer surface of the stent and thereby decreasing the outer diameter of the stent on the balloon catheter; heating the balloon and introducing inflation media into the interior of the balloon to radially expand the balloon with the stent restrained from radially expanding, wherein the balloon expands into the stent gaps to embed the stent in an outer surface of the balloon; removing the inflation media from the balloon interior; and applying a second radially compressive force via the split mold on an outer surface of the stent, thereby decreasing the outer diameter of the stent on the balloon catheter. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of increasing retention of an intravascular device having a drug coating and having an open-walled body defined by struts and gaps on a balloon catheter, comprising:
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a first stage of crimping the intravascular device onto a balloon of the balloon catheter to form an assembly, and placing the intravascular device and balloon catheter assembly into one half of complementary halves of a split mold, and closing the halves to enclose the assembly therein; a second stage of heating and pressurizing the balloon while restricting radial expansion of an outer surface of the intravascular device via the split mold, wherein the balloon expands into the stent gaps to embed the stent in an outer surface of the balloon; and a third stage of re-crimping the intravascular device onto the balloon of the balloon catheter via the split mold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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