| US 7,578,041 B2 | ||
| Method of reducing a stent in cross-section | ||
| Jan Weber, Maple Grove, Minn. (US); and Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 24, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/739,552. | ||
| Application 11/739552 is a division of application No. 10/788088, filed on Feb. 26, 2004, granted, now 7,207,204, filed on Apr. 24, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0193328 A1, Aug. 23, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B21D 39/00 (2006.01); B21J 7/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 29—515 [72/402] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method of reducing a stent in cross-section comprising the steps of:
providing an apparatus for reducing the size of a stent comprising a plurality of movable dies arranged to form a chamber
whose size may be varied by moving the dies, the chamber having a length from a first end of the chamber to a second end of
the chamber, the dies configurable to provide the chamber with at least a first region and a second region, the cross-section
of the first region being different than the cross-section of the second region;
disposing a stent in the chamber;
reducing the size of the chamber so as to shape a first portion of the stent with a first geometric shape and a second portion
of the stent with a second geometric shape of a different geometry from the first geometric shape.
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