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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Kirk Patrick Seward, San Francisco, CA (US);
Isidro M. Gandionco, Fremont, CA (US);
David Gandionco, Fremont, CA (US);
Kirk Patrick Seward, San Francisco, CA (US);
Isidro M. Gandionco, Fremont, CA (US);
David Gandionco, Fremont, CA (US);
Mercator MedSystems, Inc., San Leandro, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for interventional surgical or medical procedures is presented. The device is generally in the form of a balloon and is used to position itself or other working elements up against or through lumen walls in the body. The balloon is comprised of at least two materials of different elastic modulus, which allows for a flexible but relatively non-distensible, unfolding component of the balloon as well as an elastomeric, inflatable component of the balloon. The elastomeric component is fixedly attached to the flexible but relatively non-distensible component and together they form a pressure vessel that can be inflated within the lumens of the body.