Catheter with removable balloon protector and stent delivery system with removable stent protector

US6991639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas J. Holman · Minneapolis, US
• Louis Ellis · Sauk Centre, US
• Gregory K. Olson · Elk River, US
• Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius · Wayzata, US
• Richard J. Traxler · Minneapolis, US
• Scott Hanson · Savage, US
• Tracee Eidenschink · Wayzata, US
• Sonja J. K. Williams · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/1081
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A balloon catheter is provided having an expandable distal portion and balloon protector comprising a first removable sleeve, and an optional second removable (outer) sleeve positioned over the inner sleeve, the second (outer) sleeve having a constrictive relationship with the first (inner) sleeve, said first and second sleeves being removed prior to use of the catheter. The first sleeve may have a variable inner diameter.