Balloon catheter shaft design
CA 2511028 C · Owner: Cordis Neurovascular, Inc. · Inventors: West, Stephen; Slazas, Robert; Jordan, Amanda
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A balloon catheter for medical treatment of a patient including therapeutic dilatation or deployment of medical devices such as stems or grafts. The balloon catheter has an "over-the-wire configuration including a proximal hub defining an inflation port and a guidewire port a flexible shaft defining an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen a balloon near a distal end of the catheter and a distal guidewire port. At least a portion of the shaft has an inner tubular body defining at least a portion of the guidewire lumen surrounded by an outer tubular body defining at least a portion of the inflation lumen. A proximal portion of the inner body is reinforced by a hypotube which provides much …
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- Filed June 28, 2005 and granted May 29, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 2025.
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