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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Jeong S. Lee, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Edwin Wang, Tustin, CA (US);
Roseminda J. White, Wildomar, CA (US);
Jose A. Romero, Perris, CA (US);
Jeong S. Lee, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Edwin Wang, Tustin, CA (US);
Roseminda J. White, Wildomar, CA (US);
Jose A. Romero, Perris, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Medical devices or components thereof, and particularly intracorporeal devices for therapeutic or diagnostic uses, which are formed at least in part of a polymeric material and a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material, so that the medical device or component thereof is visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. In one embodiment, the medical device is a balloon catheter having an MRI visible balloon. In a presently preferred embodiment, there is an insufficient amount of the ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material within a wall of the balloon or coated onto a wall of the balloon to make the balloon radiopaque.