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US 2003/0125761 A1Published application
Balloon catheter
OwnerHendrik Jozef Maria Meens, Ronald Adrianus Maria Horversinventors
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Abstract
A balloon (60) is attached to a catheter tube (62). A stiffening wire (64) extends from the catheter tube (62) to a tip (66). A lumen (70) is provided at the end of a flexible tube that at its opposite end is attached to the catheter tube (62). When the balloon (60) is deflated, the tube (72) is straight. When the balloon (60) is inflated, the tube (72) bends around the balloon (60).
Claims12
A balloon catheter, comprising:
- a catheter tube having a balloon end;
- a tip spaced from the balloon end of the catheter tube;
- a stiffening wire extending between and interconnecting the balloon end of the catheter tube and the tip;
- an inflatable balloon positioned between the balloon end of the catheter tube and the tip, said balloon being connected to the balloon end of the catheter tube and to the tip;
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- said catheter tube including a flexible tube having a first end connected to the catheter tube and a second end that includes a lumen,
- wherein in use a guide wire extends through the catheter tube and the flexible tube and into and through the tip along side the balloon, and wherein the flexible tube bends around the balloon when it is inflated.
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