Patent · US Expired

Balloon catheter

US8100856B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

16Claims

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Assignee

Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited · IE

Inventors

Ib Joergensen · Haigerloch, DE
Andrew Thomas Jeffrey · Lörrach, DE
Suk-Woo Ha · Langwiesen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2003
Grant date	Jan 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M25/0054
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention discloses a balloon catheter comprising a catheter shaft, at the distal end of which an inflatable balloon is arranged and at the proximal end of which a connecting piece is arranged, comprising a guiding wire which can be passed through a guiding wire lumen of the catheter shaft from the proximal end to the distal end and through the balloon and an inflation or deflation lumen extending from the proximal end of the catheter shaft to the balloon, wherein a portion of the catheter shaft having a selectable length and extending from the proximal end is provided with a metal reinforcing pipe.

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