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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. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Naohisa Okushi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichi Shimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiraku Murayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B29C 71/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of forming a balloon to be attached to a medical catheter involves drawing a cylindrical balloon base in its circumferential direction and/or its lengthwise direction, while the inside and/or outside of the balloon base is in contact with a fluid in a supercritical state for the balloon base to be modified.