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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Xiao Kang Zhang (Ken), Champlin, MN (US);
Daniel Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Nao Pao Lee, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Victor Leo Schoenle, Greenfield, MN (US);
Xiao Kang Zhang (Ken), Champlin, MN (US);
Daniel Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Nao Pao Lee, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Victor Leo Schoenle, Greenfield, MN (US);
Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A balloon blowing process which involves radial expansion of an extruded tubing segment which has been subjected to a stretching step prior to radial expansion, the process utilizing an internal pressure and a temperature which together cause at least a portion of the tubing to expand to an interior diameter (ID) which is greater than the interior diameter of the extruded segment prior to extrusion.