US5500181A
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Shrinking balloon catheter having nonlinear compliance curve
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 1995-01-03
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Granted: 1996-03-19
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Expires: 2015-01-03
Abstract
Abstract A balloon catheter, having a non-linear compliance curve, made up of a single layered balloon, that was molded from a polymeric material to have a specific nominal diameter and then shrunk to a diameter that is less than the specific nominal diameter. When the shrunk balloon is expanded it has the characteristics of a compliant balloon until its diameter has been expanded to its original specific nominal diameter after which it follows the non compliant compliance curve that it would have had it not been shrunk.
Inventors
- 👤 Lixiao Wang
- 👤 The T. T. Tran
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 14:09
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1027; A61M25/1029; A61M25/104; B; B29; B29C; B29C49/00; B29C49/42; B29C49/78; B29C49/783; B29C2049/7831; B29C49/786; B29C2049/7864; B29C2049/78645; B29C2049/7879; B29C49/08; B29C49/087; B29C49/64; B29C49/6409; B29C49/6418; B29C49/64195; B29L; B29L2022/00; B29L2022/02; B29L2022/022; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/753; B29L2031/7542; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A method of producing a balloon catheter including a single layered balloon made from non compliant material such that the balloon will have a hybrid compliance curve, comprising the steps of: (a) placing an elongated tube made of non compliant material into a balloon blow mold; (b) constraining a first end of the elongated tube in the balloon blow mold and restricting the flow of fluid through said first end of the tube; (c) submerging the balloon blow mold in water at about 95° Centigrade and applying pressure to the interior of the elongated tube sufficient to expand the tube such that the tube expands diametrically to thus form a balloon having a specific diameter; (d) removing the balloon blow mold from the water after it has been submerged for about 45 seconds and submerging it in water at room temperature; (e) removing the balloon blow mold from the room temperature water after about 10 seconds; (f) removing the balloon from the balloon blow mold and using it to assemble a balloon catheter; (g) submerging the balloon catheter in water or air at 30°-80° Centigrade for from 1 to 50 minutes to thereby shrink the balloon to a diameter that is less than its specific diameter.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
206 words
A method of producing a balloon catheter including a single layered balloon made from non compliant material such that the balloon will have a hybrid compliance curve, comprising the steps of: (a) placing an elongated tube made of non compliant material into a balloon blow mold; (b) constraining a first end of the elongated tube in the balloon blow mold and restricting the flow of fluid through said first end of the tube; (c) submerging the balloon blow mold in water at about 95° Centigrade and applying pressure to the interior of the elongated tube sufficient to expand the tube such that the tube expands diametrically to thus form a balloon having a specific diameter; (d) removing the balloon blow mold from the water after it has been submerged for about 45 seconds and submerging it in water at room temperature; (e) removing the balloon blow mold from the room temperature water after about 10 seconds; (f) removing the balloon from the balloon blow mold and using it to assemble a balloon catheter; (g) submerging the balloon catheter in water or air at 30°-80° Centigrade for from 1 to 50 minutes to thereby shrink the balloon to a diameter that is less than its specific diameter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The invention as set forth in claim 1 wherein prior to placing the elongated tube into the balloon blow mold the tube is formed by an extrusion process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The invention as set forth in claim 2 in which the extruded elongated tube is stretched in water at about 90° Centigrade for a range of 5-15 seconds, prior to placing it in the balloon blow mold.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The invention as set forth in claim 3 in which the extruded elongated tube is stretched to about 2.25 times its original length.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention as set forth in claim 2 in which the extruded elongated tube is stretched to about 2.25 times its original length, prior to placing it in the balloon blow mold.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention as set forth in claim 1 wherein prior to step (c) a force is applied to the other end of the tube in a direction away from said first end.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
The invention as set forth in claim 1 wherein prior to step (a) both ends of the elongated tube are stretched leaving an un-stretched section between the stretched ends that has a length that is less than the length of the balloon to be formed and which un-stretched section is expanded into the balloon.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
The invention as set forth in claim 7 wherein when performing step (b) said first end of the elongated tube is constrained in the balloon blow mold such that the end of the un-stretched section that corresponds to said first end coincides with the end of the balloon cavity formed in the balloon blow mold.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
The invention as set forth in claim 8 wherein the pressure applied to the interior of the elongated tube in step (c) in combination with the force being applied to the tube in a direction away from said first end elongates the un-stretched section in the longitudinal direction and further orientates its molecules in the longitudinal direction.
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