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| 20080215131 | METHOD FOR LOADING A MEDICAL DEVICE INTO A DELIVERY SYSTEM - A process to load a medical device comprising a shape memory material into a delivery system is described herein. According to one aspect, the method includes applying a force to the medical device to obtain a delivery configuration thereof, where the device is at a first temperature within an R-phase temperature range of the shape memory material during application of the force. The medical device is cooled in the delivery configuration to a second temperature at or below a martensite finish temperature of the shape memory material. The force is then removed from the medical device, and the device is loaded into a delivery system. Preferably, the medical device substantially maintains the delivery configuration during the loading process. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090125093 | Method and apparatus for introducing expandable intraluminal prosthesis - A stent introducer has a delivery sheath positioned to restrain a self expandable stent. A pull wire is connected with the delivery sheath and extends through a pull wire lumen to enable remote retraction of the delivery sheath. The distal end of the pull wire lumen is associated with a region of weakness in the structure such that the region of weakness is torn on retraction of the delivery sheath. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090149808 | Rapid Exchange Balloon Catheter and Method for Making Same - A rapid exchange balloon catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, said catheter comprising: a tubular metal shaft body extending from the proximal end along a majority of the total length and having an inflation lumen arranged therein, a plastics distal end portion bonded to the metal body in extension thereof, said distal end portion being provided with an inflation lumen in communication with a balloon, and a guide wire lumen, said guide wire lumen extending from a proximal side port to a distal end opening. To reduce the resistance to kinking, the metal body comprises a transitional region having reduced stiffness at the position of bonding to the plastics distal end portion compared to a more proximal position along the metal body. | 06-11-2009 |
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| 20100274226 | Deployment Catheter - A catheter for use in an endoluminal delivery assembly includes a device holding region or element on which there is provided a plurality of flexible fingers extending outwardly therefrom. The fingers act to maintain a device to be deployed in the correct position on the catheter and act to resist deformation of the device during deployment. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110040372 | Coated Endoluminal Implant - A stent structure ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110152994 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - An intracranial stent formed from Nitinol has variable flexibility. The stent ( | 06-23-2011 |
