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US 6,946,092 B1Granted
Medical balloon
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bertolino, Andrew J. Campbell, Ralph Barry Jr., Nil Chay, Geraldo Carrion, Shahen Andonian
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Abstract
Low polymer stress balloons are made by expanding a tube radially while allowing the ends of the tube to move axially in response to the radial expansion.
Claims36
A method of making a medical balloon, comprising:
- providing a polymer tube suitable for being formed into the medical balloon, the tube having two ends;
- drawing the tube axially;
- and
- expanding the tube radially while allowing the ends of the tube to move axially in response to said radial expansion.
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A method of making a medical balloon, comprising:
- providing a polymer tube suitable for being formed into the medical balloon, the tube having two ends;
- and
- expanding the tube radially while allowing the ends of the tube to move axially in response to said radial expansion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.