Patent ID: 9579181
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61F,B23P,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for assembling a medical device, comprising: using a catheter including a shaft and a balloon having distal and proximal ends; crimping a polymer scaffold to the balloon to produce a crimped scaffold; placing a temporary sheath over the crimped scaffold, the temporary sheath including a flared first end having a continuously increasing diameter, wherein the temporary sheath has a constant inner diameter extending from the flared first end to a second end thereof, and when placed over the crimped scaffold the flared first end is proximal the balloon proximal end and the second end is distal the balloon distal end; inspecting the crimped scaffold and/or balloon within the temporary sheath; removing the temporary sheath from the crimped scaffold; and placing a final sheath over the crimped scaffold; wherein the crimped scaffold is configured for being placed within a body only after the final sheath is removed from the crimped scaffold.