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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:
Jan. 19, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stavros B Kontos, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Jeffrey C Urbanski, Sparta, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Datascope Corporation, Paramus, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604101 ; 606194 ; 604243 ;
Abstract
The invention described is a procedure whereby a small balloon catheter can be placed in a patient's body, expanded and collapsed as needed and then a second, larger balloon catheter placed over the smaller one. There is also disclosed a balloon catheter system for performing the above-noted procedure.