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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. 29, 1999
Filed:
May. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Andrea, Flurlingen, CH;
John Perrins, Leeds, GB;
Assignee:
Schneider (Europe) AG, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 97 ; 604151 ; 604 34 ; 604 30 ; 604246 ; 604250 ; 417474 ;
Abstract
The balloon catheter has a portion of its tubular shaft sequentially squeezed between a ram reciprocating in a box and a saddle arranged in a cover closely fitting on the box. The pressurized fluid medium supplied to the balloon is pulsated by the squeeze and release action of the ram and saddle arrangement.