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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Louis G. Ellis, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Gregory K. Olson, Elk River, MN (US);
Linda R. Lorentzen-cornelius, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard J. Traxler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott M. Hanson, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Tracee E. J. Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Sonja J. K. Williams, Princeton, MN (US);
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Louis G. Ellis, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Gregory K. Olson, Elk River, MN (US);
Linda R. Lorentzen-Cornelius, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard J. Traxler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott M. Hanson, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Tracee E. J. Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Sonja J. K. Williams, Princeton, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device has a catheter with a proximal portion, a distal portion, a shaft and an expandable member located at the distal portion. The expandable member is constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of the catheter from a contracted state to an expanded state. A removable sleeve is positioned around the entire length of the expandable member. The sleeve has a first end and a second end, and an inner diameter that increases over the entire length of the sleeve.