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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
John E. Bacino, Landenberg, PA (US);
Carey V. Campbell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Edward H. Cully, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Jeffrey B. Duncan, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Douglas S. Paget, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
John M. Squeri, Downingtown, PA (US);
Benjamin M. Trapp, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Michael J. Vonesh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Edward E. Shaw, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a device comprising a balloon assembly including a balloon, a film template, and a rigid element. The film template may have a fixed upper distension limit and may include at least one aperture. The rigid element may lay substantially flush with an outer surface of the balloon at a first inflated state of the balloon. The first upper distension limit of the balloon may be greater than the fixed upper distension limit of the film template and the balloon may outwardly protrude through the at least one aperture at a second inflated state. The rigid element may be extended in a radial direction away from the outer surface of the balloon as the balloon outwardly protrudes through the at least one aperture relative to the outer surface of the film template.