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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Gregory J. Skerven, Kernersville, NC (US);
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Gregory J. Skerven, Kernersville, NC (US);
Wilson-Cook Medical, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A medical device including an inflation element, such as a syringe, and a balloon catheter in which the inflation element includes a series of indicia to which an operative portion of the inflation device can be aligned. The indicia directly correspond to a particular balloon diameter. A method of inflating a balloon to at least two desired diameters in a body lumen and determining the inflation diameter of the balloon within the body lumen. A method of calibrating the inflation device to allow a user to inflate a balloon to a desired diameter.