Method of uniform crimping and expansion of medical devices

    公开(公告)号:US10307277B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15627337

    申请日:2017-06-19

    Inventor: Yunbing Wang

    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes one or more balloon pressurization steps. The balloon pressurization steps are selected to enhance scaffold retention to the balloon, maintain a relatively uniform arrangement of balloon folds about the inner surface of the crimped scaffold so that the scaffold expands in a uniform manner when the balloon is inflated, and to avoid any possible over-stretching of balloon material.

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