Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tapered polymeric stent and method of fabricating same
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Application No.: US14542395Application Date: 2014-11-14
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Publication No.: US09808982B2Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Klaus Kleine , David C. Gale
- Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Current Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Main IPC: B29C49/00
- IPC: B29C49/00 ; A61F2/844 ; A61F2/915 ; B29C49/42 ; A61F2/91 ; B29C49/48 ; B29C49/54 ; B29L31/00 ; B29K67/00
Abstract:
A polymeric stent has an inner surface with an inner diameter that tapers continuously in size. A method for manufacturing a stent includes blow molding a polymeric tube within a mold having a tapered, cylindrical cavity such that the polymeric tube attains a corresponding tapered shape. The tapered tube is used as a substrate from which a laser cuts interconnecting stent struts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160046058A1 Tapered Polymeric Stent and Method of Fabricating Same Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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