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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Troy T. Tegg, Elk River, MN (US);
Salo Arias, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Derek C. Sutermeister, Ham Lake, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An elongate medical device having a device longitudinal axis and a device distal region, the medical device comprising a balloon at the device distal region and having a balloon longitudinal axis, the balloon comprising a balloon inflatable portion with a first length configured to transition from a deflated state to an inflated state and includes a portion of the balloon proximal portion and a portion of the balloon distal portion, a balloon proximal portion with a second length, a balloon distal portion with a third length, wherein, in the inflated state, the balloon is symmetrical about the balloon longitudinal axis and the balloon comprises a first profile shape with a second length and a second profile shape with a third length, and wherein the balloon distal portion comprising the second profile shape comprises a tissue contacting surface where a substantial portion of the tissue contacting surface is concave.