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Title:
MATERIAL USEABLE FOR MEDICAL BALLOONS AND CATHETERS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002030484
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A device and method for making medical balloons such as for angioplasty. The device has fibers that may be of different materials, shapes, sizes, and directions, with the interstitium filled by a polymer materials to render it waterproof and able to be pressurized. The device exhibits improved strength and flexibility. Preferably, the device is steerable, radiopaque, and can operate at very high inflation pressures in order to facilitate low impedence angioplasty.

Inventors:
SCHWARTZ ROBERT S (US)
VAN TASSEL ROBERT A (US)
BRUCKER GREGORY G (US)
GREENHALGH SKOTT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/031803
Publication Date:
October 17, 2002
Filing Date:
October 09, 2001
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Assignee:
TRICARDIA LLC (US)
SCHWARTZ ROBERT S (US)
VAN TASSEL ROBERT A (US)
BRUCKER GREGORY G (US)
GREENHALGH SKOTT (US)
International Classes:
A61L29/14; A61L29/18; A61M25/00; (IPC1-7): A61L29/14; A61L29/18
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