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US 2008/0157444 A1Published application
Method of making a fiber-reinforced medical balloon
AssigneeCook Incorporated
InventorJeffry S. Melsheimer
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Abstract
A method of making a fiber-reinforced medical balloon is described herein. The method entails pressurizing a portion of a balloon, and ejecting a fiber precursor fluid from at least one nozzle adjacent to the portion. One or more fibers are formed from the fiber precursor fluid and deposited on an exterior surface of the portion. Preferably, the fibers are polymer nanofibers, and the method is carried out using an electrospinning process.
Claims20
A method of making a fiber-reinforced medical balloon, the method comprising:
- pressurizing a portion of a balloon;
- ejecting a fiber precursor fluid from at least one nozzle disposed adjacent to the portion of the balloon;
- forming one or more fibers from the fiber precursor fluid;
- depositing the one or more fibers onto an exterior surface of the portion of the balloon.
1 more element
A method of making a fiber-reinforced medical balloon, the method comprising:
- pressurizing a portion of a balloon;
- and
- depositing one or more fibers onto an exterior surface of the portion by electrospinning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.