Balloon configuring apparatus
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorStefan M. Pallazza
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Abstract
A device for configuring an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter assembly comprises a body with a plurality of inflatable members defining a channel therebetween. The channel is sized to accommodate at least a portion of a balloon catheter therein. Each inflatable member has a balloon contacting portion.
Claims29
A device for configuring an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter assembly, the device comprising:
- a body comprising a plurality of inflatable members defining a channel therebetween, the plurality of inflatable members disposed about the channel and configured to contain at least a portion of an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter within the channel, each inflatable member having a balloon contacting portion,
- wherein each inflatable member extends part of the way about the channel but does not encircle the channel;
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- a housing configured to constrain the plurality of inflatable members as the plurality of inflatable members inflate inwardly into the channel.
A device for configuring an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter assembly, the device comprising:
- a body comprising a plurality of independently inflatable members defining a channel therebetween, the inflatable members arranged side-by-side about the channel, each of the inflatable members extending only part of the way about the channel, the plurality of independently inflatable members disposed about the channel and configured to contain at least a portion of an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter within the channel, the independently inflatable members inflatable inward to reduce the size of the channel, and
- a housing configured to constrain the plurality of inflatable members as the plurality of inflatable members inflate inwardly into the channel.
In combination, a device for configuring an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter assembly and a balloon portion of a balloon catheter assembly, the device comprising:
- a body comprising a plurality of inflatable members defining a channel therebetween, the plurality of inflatable members disposed about the channel and configured to contain at least a portion of an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter within the channel, the inflatable members inflatable from a first size to a second size in which the inflatable members apply an inward force to a balloon of a balloon catheter assembly disposed in the channel, the inflatable members arranged side-by-side about the channel, each of the inflatable members extending only part of the way about the channel, wherein
- the balloon portion of a balloon catheter assembly is removably disposed in the channel.
A device for configuring an expandable member for use in a bodily vessel comprising:
- a body comprising a plurality of inflatable members defining a channel therebetween, the plurality of inflatable members disposed about the channel and configured to contain at least a portion of the expandable member within the channel, the inflatable members inflatable inward so as to reduce in area a cross-section of the channel, the cross-section extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the channel, and the inflatable members arranged side-by-side about the channel, each of the inflatable members extending only part of the way about the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.