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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:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2000
Fernando Gonzalez, Campbell, CA (US);
Jacky G. Duchamp, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for forming a medical device component having a section with a reduced wall thickness, and the device component formed thereby. The method generally comprises rotating a medical device component while a material removal device is placed into contact with a section of the rotating component, to thereby remove material therefrom. In one embodiment, the medical device component is a catheter balloon in which at least one of the proximal and distal shaft sections of the balloon is thinned according to the method of the invention. In another embodiment, the component is a polymeric tube, including polymeric tubes useful in forming a distal tip or catheter shaft section of a catheter.