Medical balloon having tapered or stepped profile
AssigneeFuturematrix Interventional, Inc.
InventorsLANNY R. PEPPER, CHARLES J. COX
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Abstract
A medical balloon that may be inflated and deflated includes a barrel wall having a large diameter proximal end and a small diameter distal end, the barrel wall being disposed between proximal and distal tapered cone walls, each having proximal and distal ends, and proximal and distal cylindrical neck walls extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis and wherein the barrel wall is continuously tapered inwardly toward a longitudinal axis of the balloon from the large diameter proximal end of the barrel wall to the small diameter distal end of the barrel wall.
Claims19
A medical balloon that may be inflated and deflated, comprising:
- a barrel wall having a large diameter proximal end and a small diameter distal end, the barrel wall being disposed between proximal and distal tapered cone walls, each having proximal and distal ends, and proximal and distal cylindrical neck walls extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the barrel wall is continuously tapered inwardly toward a longitudinal axis of the balloon from the large diameter proximal end of the barrel wall to the small diameter distal end of the barrel wall.
A medical balloon that may be inflated and deflated, comprising:
- a barrel wall having a large diameter proximal end and a small diameter distal end, the barrel wall being disposed between proximal and distal tapered cone walls, each having proximal and distal ends, and proximal and distal cylindrical neck walls extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis of the balloon;
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- wherein the barrel wall comprises a proximal section having a first diameter and at least one reduced diameter section extending distally from the proximal section of the barrel wall, the proximal section and the reduced diameter section each having a constant diameter section along its length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.