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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. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Youri Popowski, Geneve, CH;
Vitali Verin, Geneve, CH;
Assignee:
Schneider (Europe) A.G., Bulach, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600-3 ;
Abstract
Medical appliances for the treatment of blood vessels by ionizing radiation. A catheter 1 in which is centered a guide wire 2, a dilatation balloon 5 mounted coaxially on the catheter, and a radioactive radiation emitter in the form of a filament 4 integrated into the guide wire 2 inside the balloon 5.