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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Richard Gunderson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph Zielinski, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 17/3439 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22061 (2013.01); A61M 2025/109 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutting balloon catheter including a balloon mounted on a distal portion of a catheter shaft. The balloon includes a cutting member mounted on an exterior surface of the balloon which includes one or more features for providing the cutting member with enhanced flexibility for navigating tortuous anatomy and more closely conforms to the expansion characteristics of the balloon to which the cutting member is mounted.