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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Stephen Griffin, San Jose, CA (US);
Huey Quoc Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Elaine Lim, Fremont, CA (US);
Nhan Hue to, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Griffin, San Jose, CA (US);
Huey Quoc Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Elaine Lim, Fremont, CA (US);
Nhan Hue To, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A catheter having an elongate shaft including a plurality of apertures disposed along at least a length of the shaft to facilitate bending. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon, wherein a subset of the plurality of apertures provides fluid communication from an inflation lumen to the inflatable balloon.