Patent ID: 9439787
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of coating and loading a superelastic self-expanding stent, comprising: cooling a stent below a martensite start temperature, said stent being self-expanding and being made of a superelastic nickel-titanium memory shape metal material having a martensitic phase and an austenitic phase; compressing said stent after said cooling step while said stent remains below an austenite finish temperature; coating said stent with a drug to form a drug-coated stent after said compressing step while said stent remains below said austenite finish temperature; loading said drug-coated stent in a compressed state within a tubular restraint after said coating step while said drug-coated stent remains below said austenite finish temperature; and warming said stent within said tubular restraint after said loading step.