High pressure vascular balloon catheter
US6629952B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2031/7542
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a high pressure vascular balloon catheter wherein the walls of the tube attached to the balloon-forming segment are reinforced with a braided ribbon member. The walls of the inner tube that provides the lumen for a guidewire may also be reinforced in the same way. The reinforcement has the dual effect of providing strength against rupture under pressure and prevention of ovalizing or kinking during insertion into tortuous vessels of a vascular system.
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