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US 4,227,293 AGranted
Method of catheter manufacture
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorGlenn N. Taylor
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Abstract
A catheter having a flexible annular balloon secured on a shaft of the catheter by a pair of annular sleeves. A method is provided for securing the balloon to the shaft by shrinking the sleeves over grooves of the shaft.
Claims3
A method of securing a flexible annular balloon on a catheter shaft, comprising the steps of:
- forming a pair of spaced annular grooves in an outer surface of the shaft;
- positioning a first end portion of the balloon intermediate a first shrinkable annular sleeve and one of said grooves in a configuration with an end edge of the first end portion directed toward the other of said grooves;
- shrinking said first sleeve over said first end portion to secure said first end portion of the balloon in said one groove;
- positioning the remote end portion of the balloon intermediate a second shrinkable annular sleeve and the other of said grooves in a configuration with an end edge of the remote end portion directed toward said one groove;
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- shrinking said second sleeve over said remote end portion to secure said remote end portion of the balloon in said other groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.