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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henri A. Gaudoin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip C. Foreman, San Jose, CA (US);
Tri-Phuoc V. Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/510 ;
Abstract
A balloon catheter for dilating a stenotic region of a patient's body lumen such as an artery or for the implantation of an expandable stent within a patient's body lumen. The balloon of the catheter has a plurality of canted wings which are inclined at an angle of about 15° to about 75°, preferably about 30° to about 60° from a line tangent to an inner tubular member extending within the interior of the balloon.