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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Yousef Alkhatib, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Matt Heidner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Angela Kornkven Volk, Rogers, MN (US);
John Blix, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Dominick Godin, Mound, MN (US);
Derek Sutermeister, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Yousef Alkhatib, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Matt Heidner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Angela Kornkven Volk, Rogers, MN (US);
John Blix, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Dominick Godin, Mound, MN (US);
Derek Sutermeister, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter comprises a first catheter shaft comprising a wall. The wall comprises at least one section of electroactive polymer having an actuated state and a non-actuated state and defines a first lumen. In the actuated state the first lumen haves a first diameter and in the non-actuated state the first lumen haves a second diameter, the first diameter being different than the second diameter.