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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:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Edwin Wang, Tustin, CA (US);
Jon Becker, Danville, CA (US);
Florencia Lim, Union City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A balloon catheter having a balloon with a porous polymer layer and one or more filamentary members which are on or in the porous polymer layer and which form ridges protruding outwardly from a surface of the balloon in the inflated configuration. In a presently preferred embodiment, the balloon has a wingless noninflated configuration.