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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Charles L. Mcintosh, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Ram H. Paul, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Darin G. Schaeffer, Bloomington, IN (US);
M. Kem Hawkins, Bloomington, IN (US);
Frank J. Fischer, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Grant T. Hoffman, Bloomington, IN (US);
Charles L. McIntosh, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Ram H. Paul, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Darin G. Schaeffer, Bloomington, IN (US);
M. Kem Hawkins, Bloomington, IN (US);
Frank J. Fischer, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Grant T. Hoffman, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for thrombolytic therapy is provided. The device includes an elongate catheter with a distal end portion and a proximal end portion and a first lumen extending through both distal and proximal end portions. The distal end portion of the catheter includes an echogenic tubular potion that defines or surrounds a portion of the first lumen. An expandable balloon coaxially surrounds the tubular portion. The tubular portion additionally includes a plurality of indentations defined upon an outer surface thereof.