Patent ID: 7308748

Claim:
A method of compressing an intraluminal device onto a catheter, a mandrel or a sheath, comprising: positioning an intraluminal device pre-mounted on a catheter, a mandrel or a sheath within an opening formed by a plurality of moving-element subassemblies, moving each of the plurality of moving-element subassemblies from a first position to a second position, each moving-element subassembly having a pair of moving elements configured to move relative to each other, wherein the moving elements within a moving-element subassembly, move in opposite directions along arcuate paths, wherein the combination of arcuate paths resemble a sinusoid, each moving element having a tip, the moving elements moving relative to each other from the first position with the tips offset from each other by a first distance, to the second position with the tips moving toward the center of the opening and being offset from each other by a second distance less than the first distance; and compressing the intraluminal device onto the catheter, mandrel or sheath by continuing to move the tips of the moving elements toward the center of the opening.