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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lixiao Wang, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jianhua Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
Abstract
Balloons for medical devices, particularly balloon angioplasty catheters, which have hybrid compliance curves are made from particular block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers. Melt blends of an engineering resin having by a flexural modulus of about 240,000 psi or greater and a block copolymer elastomer having a flexural modulus of about 150,000 psi or less, the block copolymer including at least one block which is structurally similar to the engineering resin are also used to produce medical device balloons.