Stent retention mold and method

A stent retention mold includes two half-molds, each half-mold including a stent supporting surface, and a plurality of protrusions disposed on at least one of the stent supporting surfaces. A stent retention method includes retaining a stent to a balloon using a split mold that includes a stent sup...

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Hauptverfasser:	STIGALL JEREMY L, MCNIVEN SEAN A, KENT DARRIN J, KNOTT BOYD V, KRUEGER KYLE M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING COMBINED OPERATIONS MACHINE TOOLS MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OTHER WORKING OF METAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PUNCHING METAL SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A stent retention mold includes two half-molds, each half-mold including a stent supporting surface, and a plurality of protrusions disposed on at least one of the stent supporting surfaces. A stent retention method includes retaining a stent to a balloon using a split mold that includes a stent supporting surface having a plurality of protrusions, so that a portion of the balloon extends through a gap of the stent into a space between two protrusions.