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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:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter T Keith, Edina, MN (US);
Gerald G Voegele, St. Bonifacius, MN (US);
Assignee:
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128344 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
A balloon catheter for use in angioplasty that includes a main shaft which is a flexible thin walled metal tube and a hollow, flexible torque transmitting shaft mounted at the distal end of the main shaft. A core member is connected to the torque transmitting shaft, and an inflatable balloon is mounted over the core and is attached to the distal end of the flexible torque transmitting shaft.