Method of loading stent into sheath
A technology on a sheath and a stent, which is applied in the field of inserting a stent into the sheath
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[0039] figure 1 A covered crimped stent 10 is shown for deployment from the loading sheath into the delivery sheath 12 by advancing the stent 10 in the loading tool 14 in the direction of arrow F into the lumen 16 of the sheath 12 .
[0040] The loading sheath is similar to a common stent deployment sheath, sized to be at least the length of the stent plus about 20% of the remaining length to provide an allowable loading area for the stent. It is typically a braided polymer catheter material, as is known in the art of stent delivery systems.
[0041] Stent 10 is a radially self-expanding Nitinol stent covered in an ePTFE membrane. The covered stent is constrained by a loading sheath 18 into a radially compressed configuration. The stent is mounted in the loading sheath 18 by a "crimping" procedure known per se, wherein clamps (not shown) compress the stent radially inwardly to its compacted configuration, so that the stent 10 and loading sheath 18 relative to each other (ty...
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