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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey Thomas Andrews, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Adam Snell, Newmarket, GB;
Assignee:
Ranier Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ; B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264231 ; 264235 ; 264236 ; 264291 ; 264296 ; 264327 ; 264346 ; 264347 ; 264519 ; 425392 ; 425393 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a balloon portion for a balloon catheter for radially expanding a vessel in the body of a mammal, which catheter comprises a tube portion with a passage therethrough and a hollow expandable balloon portion defined by a fluid impervious wall and secured to the tube portion, which balloon portion can be inflated and deflated by means of a fluid passed through the passage, such that: