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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Gregory S. Kelley, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory S. Kelley, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cutting balloon catheter and methods for making and using the same. The cutting balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft having a balloon coupled thereto. One or more cutting members or blades may be coupled to the balloon. Manufacturing the cutting balloon catheter may include partially submerging or embedding a cutting member within a joining member and attaching the joining member to a balloon. The cutting member may include one or more slots along its base that can interlock with the joining member.