Patent ID: 6958073
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a system for treating a vascular condition, comprising: providing a catheter, the catheter including an inflatable balloon; positioning a stent over the balloon; positioning a sheath over the stent; crimping the stent onto the balloon prior to introducing an adhesive material within the sheath; dispersing an adhesive material throughout a fluid prior to application of the adhesive material wherein approximately three grams (3 g) of adhesive material is dispersed throughout approximately twenty cubic centimeters (20 cc) of fluid; applying an adhesive material between an inner surface of the stent and an outer surface of the balloon; heating the adhesive material to above a melting point of the adhesive material; cooling the adhesive material to below a melting point of the adhesive material to provide an adhesive bond that retains the stent to the catheter during vascular delivery, wherein the stent is released from the balloon following inflation and deflation of the balloon at a treatment site; and removing the sheath after cooling the adhesive material.