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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Alfred A. Alpini, Landenberg, PA (US);
Michael Houghton, Newark, DE (US);
Kenneth Newcomb, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeffrey Towler, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Alfred A. Alpini, Landenberg, PA (US);
Michael Houghton, Newark, DE (US);
Kenneth Newcomb, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeffrey Towler, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a balloon which achieves diameters greater than 6 mm for securement to a catheter. The balloon includes an elastomeric generally hollow pressure expandable body which exhibits essentially radial symmetry and constant length when expanded under an internally applied minimum working pressure from an uninflated state.