Medical balloon incorporating electroactive polymer and methods of making and using the same

US7919910B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tracee Eidenschink · Wayzata, US
• Derek Wise · New Brighton, US
• Derek C. Sutermeister · Eden Prairie, US
• Yousef F. Alkhatib · Edina, US
• Daniel Gregorich · St. Louis Park, US
• Adam Jennigs · Buffalo, US
• Matt Heidner · Maple Grove, US
• Dominick Godin · Mound, US
• Richard C. Gunderson · Maple Grove, US
• John Blix · Maple Grove, US
• Karl A. Jagger · Deephaven, US
• Angela Kornkven Volk · Rogers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S310/80
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An expandable medical balloon having at least one static state, at least one expanded state, and at least one deflated state, the expandable medical balloon including at least one active region, the at least one active region including electroactive polymer.