Patent ID: 8393887
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A mold for a radially expandable stent, the mold comprising: a mold member comprising a mold bore configured to mold a stent mounted on a delivery system, the mold bore having a proximal section tapering inward to a proximal end of the mold bore and a distal section tapering inward to a distal end of the mold bore, the tapered sections being adapted to mold tapered sections of the stent that improve the attachment of the stent to the delivery system and that facilitate the delivery of the mounted stent into and through a bodily lumen, wherein the mold bore tapers inward relatively uniformly from an intermediate point between the proximal end and the distal end to the proximal end, and wherein the mold bore tapers inward relatively uniformly from the intermediate point to the distal end.