Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balloon catheter and method for making same
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Application No.: US14721566Application Date: 2015-05-26
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Publication No.: US09861797B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: David G. Burton , Thomas Lysgaard , Steen Aggerholm , Scott E. Boatman
- Applicant: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Applicant Address: US IN Bloomington
- Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Bloomington
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: B29C49/48
- IPC: B29C49/48 ; A61M25/10 ; A61M29/02 ; B29C33/38 ; B29C33/42 ; A61M25/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
In at least one embodiment of the present invention a balloon catheter is provided. The balloon catheter comprises a shaft having a lumen formed therethrough. Connected to the shaft is an inflatable balloon. The inflatable balloon has a balloon wall defining a balloon interior surface and a balloon exterior surface that is opposite the interior surface. In fluid communication with the balloon wall is the lumen for inflating the balloon to define an inflated state and for collapsing the balloon to define a deflated state. The balloon wall is textured in the deflated state such that the balloon interior surface is spatially registered with the balloon exterior surface. The balloon in the inflated state is tensioned to have a surface roughness substantially less than a surface roughness of the balloon in the deflated state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150250990A1 BALLOON CATHETER AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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