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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brett A Follmer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William S Tremulis, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erin McGurk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 96 ; 606194 ;
Abstract
A balloon catheter comprises a catheter body having an elastomeric balloon at its distal end. The balloon has a small diameter vent hole disposed near its distal end. The balloon catheter may be prepared by flushing an inflation lumen and the interior of the balloon with a suitable liquid flushing medium, where the balloon is inflated by the flushing medium beginning at its proximal end and moving toward its distal end.