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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:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard J Leonhardt, Davie, FL (US);
Assignee:
World Medical Corporation, Sunrise, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ; C09J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156252 ; 156280 ; 156292 ; 156294 ; 1563086 ; 264523 ; 264526 ;
Abstract
The method of manufacturing a polyurethane balloon catheter from a length of tubing of such material wherein the tubing is placed in a mold of the desired final expanded shape, the mold and tubing are immersed in a bath of warm water, and air pressure is introduced into the tubing to effect the expansion and then withdrawn to allow the removal of the balloon.