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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Toshio Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Toshio Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fujinon Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for fixing one of a balloon and a tubular member to an object with a thread for a medical equipment, may include covering the object with an end of the one of the balloon and the tubular member, winding the thread at a first pitch in a first direction from an edge of the end of the one of the balloon and the tubular member toward an intermediate position of the one of the balloon and the tubular member, and winding the thread at a second pitch in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second pitch being shorter than the first pitch.