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US 8,298,192 B2Granted
Balloon assembly with a torque
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorTracee Eidenschink
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Abstract
An expandable medical balloon for use in combination with a catheter assembly, the balloon having a torque in a first and second unexpanded state, and to methods of making and using the same.
Claims17
A catheter assembly, the catheter assembly comprising:
- an inner shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
- an outer shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an expandable balloon having an x-axis and a y-axis, a proximal end and a distal end and a first unexpanded state, the balloon is mounted on the inner shaft and the distal end of the balloon is secured to the distal end of the inner shaft, the inner shaft and the balloon in the first unexpanded state are rotated about the y-axis of the balloon in a first direction so that the balloon is at an angle between about 15° and 360° from the y-axis;
- the proximal end of the balloon is secured to the distal end of the outer shaft;
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- the inner shaft is secured to the distal end of the outer shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.