Rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter
US5690642A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/1056
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter which allows exchange from a balloon angioplasty catheter to a stent delivery catheter without the need to replace the angioplasty catheter wire guide with an exchange-length wire guide before exchanging the stent delivery catheter for the balloon angioplasty catheter. The stent delivery catheter of the present invention includes a relatively short wire guide shaft which is bonded to the catheter shaft only at a location distal to the inflation lumen.
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