Patent ID: 9308106
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for crimping a stent, comprising: (a) loading the stent on a mandrel; (b) placing the stent in a crimper; (c) reducing the stent profile to a first diameter; (d) loading the stent onto a balloon of a catheter delivery system after step (c); (e) placing the stent and the balloon back into the crimper; (f) pressurizing the balloon and heating a distal end of the catheter delivery system within the crimper to cause pillowing of the balloon between struts of the stent; and (g) after step (f), moving the crimper between a second and third diameter to reduce the stent diameter to a final diameter, to reduce stent recoil and/or increase a mechanical interaction between the balloon and the stent; wherein after step (g), further including performing a leak test, wherein