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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Daniel Keith Tomaschko, Savage, MN (US);
Daniel James Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Xiao Kang Zhang, Champlin, MN (US);
Nao Pao Lee, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Daniel Keith Tomaschko, Savage, MN (US);
Daniel James Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Xiao Kang Zhang, Champlin, MN (US);
Nao Pao Lee, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical balloons and balloon preforms are made by methods which include the step of selectively removing material from the proximal and/or distal ends of a segment. In the case of a thermoplastic material characterized by one or more glass transition temperatures, the segment may optionally be maintained at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the segment during the material removal step.