Abstract: Methods for preparing a polymer-based stent assembly comprising an inflatable balloon catheter and a polymer-based stent resistant to relaxation-related negative recoil are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 15, 2016
Assignee:
Arterial Remodelling Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Antoine LaFont, Serge Piranda, Patrick Sabaria, Tahmer Sharkawi, Michel Vert
Abstract: Methods for preparing a polymer-based stent assembly comprising an inflatable balloon catheter and a polymer-based stent resistant to relaxation-related negative recoil are provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 21, 2010
Publication date:
August 12, 2010
Applicant:
ARTERIAL REMODELLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Antoine LaFont, Serge Piranda Statice Sante, Patrick Sabaria, Tahmer Sharkawi, Michel Vert
Abstract: Methods of crimping polymeric stents that simultaneously apply a radial force to the stent to reduce the diameter of the stent and a longitudinal force to elongate of the stent. According to one such method, a stent is inserted into an elastic tube having an inner surface that defines a passage. The tube is pulled to cause stretching of the tube. When the tube is stretched, the inner surface of the tube engages an outer surface of the stent and applies simultaneous longitudinal and radial forces to the outer surface of the stent. The simultaneously applied longitudinal and radial forces simultaneously reduce a radial extent of the stent and increase a longitudinal extent of the stent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2005
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2010
Assignee:
Arterial Remodelling Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Antoine Lafont, Serge Piranda, Patrick Sabaria, Tahmer Sharkawi, Michel Vert
Abstract: Methods for preparing a polymer-based stent assembly comprising an inflatable balloon catheter and a polymer-based stent resistant to relaxation-related negative recoil are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2004
Date of Patent:
June 8, 2010
Assignee:
Arterial Remodelling Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Antoine LaFont, Serge Piranda Statice Sante, Patrick Sabaria, Tahmer Sharkawi, Michel Vert
Abstract: Methods of crimping polymeric stents that simultaneously apply a radial force to the stent to reduce the diameter of the stent and a longitudinal force to elongate of the stent. According to one such method, a stent is inserted into an elastic tube having an inner surface that defines a passage. The tube is pulled to cause stretching of the tube. When the tube is stretched, the inner surface of the tube engages an outer surface of the stent and applies simultaneous longitudinal and radial forces to the outer surface of the stent. The simultaneously applied longitudinal and radial forces simultaneously reduce a radial extent of the stent and increase a longitudinal extent of the stent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 2, 2005
Publication date:
February 7, 2008
Applicant:
ARTERIAL REMODELLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Antoine Lafont, Serge Piranda, Patrick Sabaria, Tahmer Sharkawi, Michel Vert