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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Louis G. Ellis, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Gregory K. Olson, Elk River, MN (US);
Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard J. Traxler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott M. Hanson, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Louis G. Ellis, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Gregory K. Olson, Elk River, MN (US);
Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard J. Traxler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott M. Hanson, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Scimed life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A protective sleeve for a balloon dilatation catheter includes an elongate tubular member having a neck portion and a slit extending along the entire length of the tubular member from a proximal end to a distal end thereof, wherein a distal portion of the tubular member is flared from the neck portion to the distal end of the tubular member to define an enlarged funnel-like opening.