Title:
DISTAL BALLOON WAIST MATERIAL RELIEF AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003035158
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A balloon catheter having an improved balloon waist design in which material is removed prior to thermal processing. In one embodiment, a series of patterned voids are formed in the balloon waist to reduce the amount of polymeric material and to better control flowing polymeric material during thermal processing.
Inventors:
HEIDNER MATTHEW
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/028995
Publication Date:
November 20, 2003
Filing Date:
September 12, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENT LTD (BB)
International Classes:
A61M25/00; A61F2/958; (IPC1-7): A61M25/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001021381A1 | 2001-03-29 |
Foreign References:
| US6139525A | 2000-10-31 | |||
| US6010521A | 2000-01-04 |
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