Balloon catheter and stent delivery device

US5843092A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schneider (Europe) A.G. · CH

Inventors

• Mathias Heller · Winterthur, CH
• Alfonso Medina Fernandez-Aceytuno · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES
• Rainer Amann · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE
• Roland Hirt · Friedberg, DE
• Jakob Willi · Höri, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 1, 1998
• Expiry date: May 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/1068
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The balloon catheter comprises a shaft with an elongated dilatation balloon mounted in the vicinity of the distal end thereof. Member for preventing expansion of balloon segments are mounted on shaft proximally of the balloon and comprise an armature enclosed in a sleeve moveable over a proximal portion of the balloon.