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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. 16, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael L Rishton, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 16 ; 623-3 ; 606 19 ;
Abstract
A balloon for an inter aortic balloon pump having an elongate tapered section extending from a proximal end of minimal diameter and progressively increasing in diameter toward the distal end. The tapered section is of greater wall thickness with the wall thickness becoming progressively thinner toward the distal end.