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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:
Nov. 19, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Hess, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Progressive Angioplasty Systems, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606194 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
A pre-compressed angioplasty balloon catheter and method of manufacture wherein the balloon portion of the catheter is wrapped for storage and for minimizing its outside diameter for purpose of insertion into the body.