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Inflatable medical devices

US9592119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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220References

23Claims

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Assignee

C.R. Bard, Inc. · US

Inventors

Alexander Q. TILSON · Burlingame, US
Mark C. Scheeff · San Francisco, US
Paul J. Dreyer · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2011
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 4, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/7543
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Inflatable medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The devices can be medical invasive balloons, such as those used for transcutaneous heart valve implantation, such as balloons used for transcatheter aortic-valve implantation. The balloons can have high strength, fiber-reinforced walls.

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