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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:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
May. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Abele, Concord, MA (US);
Charles D Lennox, Hudson, NH (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 28 ;
Abstract
Systems and methods for dilation of a body lumen, using an expandable dilatation catheter to simultaneously heat and apply pressure to tissue of the lumen and to expand and dilate the lumen including means constructed to produce and/or detect physiological response of the heated tissue to applied pressure.
Published as:
CA2067110A1; WO9103207A1; EP0490979A1; EP0490979A4; JPH05500179A; US5496311A; EP0490979B1; DE69029141D1; DE69029141T2; JP2984056B2; CA2067110C;