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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacky G. Duchamp, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/902 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to an intravascular balloon catheter and a method for forming the same. The catheter includes an elongated shaft having proximal and distal ends, a guidewire receiving lumen extending through at least a distal portion of the elongated shaft; and a balloon on a distal shaft section. A distal portion the guidewire receiving lumen has different stiffness along a length thereof.