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OwnerIvan Sepetka, Maureen Bensing +6inventors
InventorsIvan Sepetka, Maureen Bensing, Diana Sanchez, Richard A. Helkowski, Christopher Ken, Mark Deem, Maria ` Aboytes, Hanson S. Gifford III
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This invention is a surgical device. In particular, it is a low profile, single lumen catheter preferably having a movable seal or seat that allows the balloon to be inflated by sealing against the movable guidewire or against itself. An additional variation of the invention includes a non-removable guidewire situated in the catheter body in such a way to provide or add stiffness to the otherwise flexible distal section of the catheter during a procedure. An enhanced strain relief transition joint between significantly stiffer proximal section and the more flexible distal section is provided. Finally, methods of using the inventive balloon catheter are also shown.
A low profile balloon catheter for use with a removable guide wire comprising:
A low profile balloon catheter comprising:
A strain relief joint between a first comparatively stiff section adjacent, a second comparatively flexible section comprising said first stiff section, said flexible second section joined to said first section at a joint, and a corkscrew-shaped component wound over said joint and adherent both to said first and to said second sections.
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