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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence F Becker, Chicago, IL (US);
John J Donohue, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Dean G Laurin, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Henry M Gajewski, Winnetka, IL (US);
Assignee:
Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283 / ; 156294 ;
Abstract
A balloon-type catheter is disclosed having a catheter shank made of a block copolymer having thermoplastic rubber characteristics with a central block of ethylene-butylene copolymer and terminal blocks of polystyrene. The inflatable balloon member, and preferably the distal Y-member, of the catheter are made of an elastic composition which includes the same or a similar block copolymer, in the presence of polystyrene or equivalent material as a tackifying agent, polypropylene, and an oil-type plasticizer.