Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Biasing mechanism for a balloon catheter
- Patent Title (中): 球囊导管的偏心机制
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Application No.: US13312725Application Date: 2011-12-06
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Publication No.: US08827952B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Raj Subramaniam , Zaya Tun , Desmond Cheung , Robert Quintos
- Applicant: Raj Subramaniam , Zaya Tun , Desmond Cheung , Robert Quintos
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLC
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00 ; A61M25/10

Abstract:
Methods and devices for biasing a balloon catheter are disclosed. In one example, a medical device may include a catheter shaft and a balloon assembly coupled to a distal region of the catheter shaft. The balloon assembly can define a chamber configured to be inflated and deflated using a fluid supplied from the catheter shaft. A biasing member may be positioned in the chamber of the balloon assembly and may be configured to bias the balloon assembly to a longitudinally extended state without obstructing an exhaust lumen of the catheter shaft. In some cases, the biasing member may be a spring. In other cases, the biasing member may be a coiled portion of a fluid supply line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120143130A1 BIASING MECHANISM FOR A BALLOON CATHETER Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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