Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balloon design to enhance cooling uniformity
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Application No.: US14948906Application Date: 2015-11-23
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Publication No.: US09861423B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Jean-Pierre Lalonde , Scott W. Davie , Dan Wittenberger
- Applicant: Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Applicant Address: CA Toronto, Ontario
- Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Current Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Current Assignee Address: CA Toronto, Ontario
- Agency: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B18/02
- IPC: A61B18/02 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A device, system, and method for enhancing cooling uniformity and efficiency of cryogenic fluids and providing a treatment element the shape of which can be adjusted for multiple purposes. The device may include a balloon catheter and fluid dispersion element, the fluid dispersion element directing the flow of coolant from a fluid injection element the interior wall of the balloon. The method of changing the shape of the treatment element may include retracting and extending a shaft to which the distal neck of a balloon is coupled, so that the balloon goes from a first shape to a second shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160074090A1 BALLOON DESIGN TO ENHANCE COOLING UNIFORMITY Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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