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Reduced operation force inflator

US12053601B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Tomer Saar · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
Michael Bukin · Milchen, IL
Dudu Haimovich · Migdal HaEmek, IL
Roee Haimovich · Migdal HaEmek, IL
Ohad Yakobovitch · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2005/31598
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein are inflators and methods of using the inflators for inflating inflatable devices, such as balloons, used in medical procedures. Such procedures include angioplasty and the transcatheter delivery of prosthetic heart valves and stents. The inflators overcome the resistances typically generated during such procedures and reduces the force required to fully inflate the balloon.

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