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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Applicant:
Eric R. Hennessy, Lewisville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Eric R. Hennessy, Lewisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for a ablating dilation beads on a balloon with a laser. The laser removes integral dilation beads from the neck regions and/or the tapered regions of a blow molded balloon. Part of the neck portions of the dilation beads may remain on the body of the balloon after the dilation beads have been removed.