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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald T. Shannon, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/100 ;
Abstract
A dilation catheter device comprising a shroud tube having a total preselected diameter effective for use in a preselected body lumen, the shroud tube having a strain relief tube extending therethrough which is adapted to reversibly form a flared, funnel-shape and a collapsed shape for contacting the surface of a dilation balloon, whereby the configuration of the balloon can be altered by altering the position of contact of the distal end of the strain relief tube with the surface of the balloon. Methods for use of the device and articles of manufacture containing the device are also taught.