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Balloon structure with PTFE component

US6756094B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2000
Grant dateJun 29, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1393
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical balloon having a high burst strength and the ability to return to its preinflation diameter following repeated inflation may be prepared from a first inner layer of material, a second intermediate layer of expanded PTFE and a third outer layer of material.

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