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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Koji Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yanuma, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yanuma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A balloon catheter including: a flexible sheath which has at least one lumen; and a cylindrical balloon which is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the sheath and can be inflated with a fluid supplied from the lumen; wherein the sheath has a large diameter portion whose outer diameter is greater than a basic outer diameter thereof, and the balloon is set to have a maximum inner diameter greater than the basic outer diameter when deflated, and is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the large diameter portion.