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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:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen G. Schaible, Anaheim, CA (US);
Debashis Dutta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ; A61M 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ; A61M 2/500 ;
Abstract
A balloon catheter having at least part of the shaft thereof formed of a liquid crystal polymeric material. The liquid crystal polymeric material is preferably blended with a non-liquid crystal polymeric material, to form a polymer blend of at least 50 percent by weight liquid crystal polymeric material and the balance being essentially non-liquid crystal polymeric material. A catheter shaft formed from the polymer blend of the invention has improved strength, stiffness, and kink resistance.