Patent ID: 8574283
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a stent delivery device, the method comprising: receiving an assembled stent delivery device including a balloon catheter and a stent crimped over at least a portion of the balloon catheter, the balloon catheter consisting of a single lumen, the single lumen configured to accept a first guide wire; removing the stent from the balloon catheter; adding a second guide wire between an inner surface of the stent and an outer surface of the balloon catheter after having removed the stent and while a distal end of the second guide wire is outside of a patient's body; and re-crimping the stent over the balloon catheter after having added the second guide wire such that the second guide wire is in direct physical contact between the inner surface of the stent and the outer surface of the balloon catheter.