Cook Medical Technologies LLC

Anders Scheel Klausen

Steen Aggerholm

Thomas Lysgaard

Allan Torp

Tue Thuren Bödewadt

Per Elgaard

Anne-Mette Hoppe Sönnichsen

Christina Rauf Hansen

Tue Thuren BÖDEWADT

A balloon catheter includes a balloon having a plurality of layers. The inner layer acts as a support layer to the outer layer. Embedded within the outer layer is a plurality of particles or pellets which in one embodiment provide roughening of the outer surface of the balloon. The particles or pellets, particularly in conjunction with an inner support layer, ensure maintenance of the roughened outer surface of the balloon during inflation of the balloon. In another embodiment, the particles or pellets may be radiopaque and/or echogenic with or without creating surface roughening of the balloon.

Medical balloon with particles therein

A valvuloplasty balloon assembly includes a balloon () provided with end shoulders () preferably integral with end cones () of the balloon (). The end shoulders () provide a substantially perpendicular stop shoulder () at either end of the cylindrical portion () of the balloon (). The restraining shoulders () act to hold the balloon () within a valve () of a heart (), for instance. This prevents unwanted slippage of the balloon () during a valvuloplasty procedure and thus prevents possible damage caused as a result of such slippage.

Valvuloplasty balloon catheter

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Naestved, Denmark

Anders Scheel Klausen