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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Balloon catheter assembly for insertion and positioning therapeutic devices within a vascular system
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Thomas J. Mock, Emeryville, CA (US);
Alice Bradbury Welsh Brochu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Murtagh M. Murphy, Douglas, IE;
Mariel E. Bolhouse, Mountain View, CA (US);
David P. Marceau, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A balloon catheter which allows for faster preparation and more effective purging of air within the catheter, while also providing a more space efficient design, wherein the balloon catheter includes a tubular outer member and a tubular inner member disposed in the lumen of the outer member such that the outer member and inner member define an annular fluid path between them. A balloon is secured to and circumferentially surrounds an outer surface of the distal portion of the outer member. A tubular seal is disposed circumferentially around the inner surface of the distal portion of the outer member. The inner member is movable longitudinally relative to the outer member from a non-sealing position in which the annular fluid path is open, and a sealing position in which the distal portion of the inner member contacts the seal thereby sealing the annular fluid path at the seal.