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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:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
Steve Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald A. Sahatjian, Lexington, MA (US);
Albert Chin, Newton, MA (US);
Peter Dayton, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
Steve Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald A. Sahatjian, Lexington, MA (US);
Albert Chin, Newton, MA (US);
Peter Dayton, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device includes an inflatable balloon formed having portions of different materials, and a cutting element carried by the balloon. The materials can have different distensibility and/or compliancy.