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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Daniel J. Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Irina Nazarova, Woodbury, MN (US);
Scott Schewe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David W. Meister, Madison, WI (US);
John J. Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Daniel J. Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Irina Nazarova, Woodbury, MN (US);
Scott Schewe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David W. Meister, Madison, WI (US);
John J. Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Composite fiber reinforced balloons for medical devices prepared by applying a web of fibers to the exterior of a preformed underlying balloon and encasing the web with a matrix material to form a composite balloon. The fiber web is applied to at least the cone portion of the underlying balloon form. Either the cone portion of the underlying balloon form, or the web fibers applied to said cone portion, or both, have a friction-enhancing material coated thereon.