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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2003
Patrick David Lopath, Stamford, CT (US);
Edward Paul Harhen, Duxbury, MA (US);
Yegor Sinelnikov, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
James D. Savage, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Jaime Merino, Elmont, NY (US);
John Hotmer, Selden, NY (US);
Patrick David Lopath, Stamford, CT (US);
Edward Paul Harhen, Duxbury, MA (US);
Yegor Sinelnikov, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
James D. Savage, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Jaime Merino, Elmont, NY (US);
John Hotmer, Selden, NY (US);
ProRhythm, Inc., Setauket, NY (US);
Abstract
A balloon catheter is provided with a sleeve and a flexible material where, upon inflation of the balloon, the sleeve is slid over a ball joint, preventing the flexible material and tube from moving through a range of motion in order to prevent the tube from kinking and misaligning.