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Puncture resistant balloon catheter
Assignee: Cordis Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-11
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Granted: 1997-04-15
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Expires: 2015-10-11
Abstract
Abstract A balloon catheter comprises a flexible, elongated member, an inflatable balloon carried on the elongated member to define an inflated chamber within the balloon, and an inflation conduit extending along the member and communicating with the inflation chamber. The inflatable balloon, in turn, defines a wall which comprises at least three bonded layers. A first pair of the layers comprises a flexible plastic material which is typically a condensation polymer. A second of the layers comprises a flexible polymer which is typically a vinylic polymer which is covalently bonded to the first layers and positioned between them.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas Trotta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:08
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1027; A61M25/1029; A61M25/104; A61M2025/1043; A61M2025/1075; A61M2025/1084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for manufacturing a medical balloon catheter which comprises the steps of: providing a tubular catheter comprised of nylon; extruding a tubular, three layer plastic parison under conditions to provide a unitary parison having at least three bonded plastic layers of flexible plastic material; said three layer parison comprising a pair of tubular nylon layers which surround a tubular intermediate layer made of a copolymer of a major amount of ethylene and a minor amount of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof; thereafter placing said parison into a blow mold; thereafter expanding the diameter of said parison by causing the plastic thereof to stretch through internal blow molding pressure, said expanded diameter parison comprising a medical balloon; and thereafter attaching said medical balloon to an end of said tubular catheter.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for manufacturing a medical balloon catheter which comprises the steps of: providing a tubular catheter comprised of nylon; extruding a tubular, three layer plastic parison under conditions to provide a unitary parison having at least three bonded plastic layers of flexible plastic material; said three layer parison comprising a pair of tubular nylon layers which surround a tubular intermediate layer made of a copolymer of a major amount of ethylene and a minor amount of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof; thereafter placing said parison into a blow mold; thereafter expanding the diameter of said parison by causing the plastic thereof to stretch through internal blow molding pressure, said expanded diameter parison comprising a medical balloon; and thereafter attaching said medical balloon to an end of said tubular catheter.
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