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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Martin Rickert, Rottweil, DE;
Boris Warnack, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin Rickert, Rottweil, DE;
Boris Warnack, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A balloon catheter comprising a catheter tube, an inflatable and deflatable balloon fixed to the catheter tube and a refolding device for folding the balloon onto the catheter tube during balloon deflation, wherein the refolding device includes at least one flap arrangement being fixed on the catheter tube and being disposed within the balloon.