Angioplasty balloon with therapeutic/aspiration channel
US7862576B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0032
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An angioplasty balloon catheter with an added channel for delivering medication or removing body fluids distal to the site of angioplasty is disclosed. The balloons are especially useful in the treatment of occlusions in saphenous vein grafts, the coronary and carotid arteries, arteries arising from the aorta and branches thereof and in veins flowing to the heart or their tributaries and sub tributaries thereof.
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