Medical balloon having improved stability and strength
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorJohn J. Chen
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Abstract
A medical device, the medical device formed at least in part from a melt blend of at least one polymer comprising hydrolysable groups and a carbodiimide.
Claims27
A medical device, the medical device formed at least in part from a melt blend of at least one polymer comprising hydrolysable groups, and at least one carbodiimide or at least one polycarbodiimide or a mixture thereof.
A expandable medical balloon, the medical balloon is formed from a melt blend product of at least one poly(ether-block-amide) copolymer, and at least on carbodiimide, or at least one polycarbodiimide or a mixture thereof.
A method of making tubing for a catheter shaft or an expandable medical balloon, the method comprising:
- providing a polymer composition in the form of a melt;
- blending with said polymer composition at least one carbodiimide or at least one polycarbodiimide or a mixture thereof;
- extruding said melt blend in the form of tubing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.