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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:
Sep. 29, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arye Rosen, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Paul Walinsky, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128804 ; 606 27 ; 606 28 ; 606 33 ;
Abstract
An angioplasty catheter includes a coaxial transmission line with an elongated center conductor and outer conductor. The transmission line terminates at the distal end in an antenna and a balloon. A longitudinal central bore through the center conductor is dimensioned to accept the guide filament. The center conductor is made from a metallized TEFLON polytetrafluoroethylene fluorocarbon tube.