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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
Scott Schewe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ralph J. Barry, Hudson, MA (US);
Kevin Silberg, Big Lake, MN (US);
Ausberto Reyes Pineda, Somerville, MA (US);
Chay Nil, Lynn, MA (US);
Andrew J. Campbell, Reading, MA (US);
Scott Schewe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ralph J. Barry, Hudson, MA (US);
Kevin Silberg, Big Lake, MN (US);
Ausberto Reyes Pineda, Somerville, MA (US);
Chay Nil, Lynn, MA (US);
Andrew J. Campbell, Reading, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A mold for a medical device balloon has a cavity adapted to receive a hollow parison expandable therein to form the balloon. The cavity has a cone region and a body region. The cone region is heated to a higher temperature, or the mold wall is formed to deliver applied heat more efficiently to the cone region, relative to the body region of the mold.