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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Ariola, Norton, MA (US);
Kevin R Heath, Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 96 ;
Abstract
An improved intra-aortic balloon catheter having an outer tube of a polymeric material and an inner tube of superelastic metal material with varying flexibility. The inner tube has a proximal end and a distal end. The inner tube is more flexible proximate the distal end than the proximal end.