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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:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Show-mean Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo David Roman, San Diego, CA (US);
Fuh-sheng Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Show-Mean Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo David Roman, San Diego, CA (US);
Fuh-Sheng Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An angioplasty balloon catheter and method of making and using the same. The balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the shaft. The balloon may include one or more cutting edges coupled thereto. The shaft may include one or more inflation lumens and a plurality of openings defined therein that are in fluid communication with the inflation lumen or lumens.