Device for the widening of blood vessels

US4877030A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Andreas Beck · Mertingen, DE
• Norbert Nanko · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 1988
• Grant date: Oct 31, 1989
• Expiry date: May 31, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2220/0058
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Device for the widening of blood vessels having a catheter (5) in whose front end area an elongate, inflatable balloon (6) is present, with the outside of the uninflated balloon (6) being wound round with a woven material (1) of such a length that its end edges (2), provided with a border, overlap. After introduction into the vessel and widening, the woven material serves as a vessel prosthesis.