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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Steen Aggerholm, St. Heddinge, DK;
Tue Thuren Bödewadt, Herfoelge, DK;
Per Elgaard, Haslev, DK;
Christina Rauf Hansen, Koebenhavn, DK;
Anders Scheel Klausen, Naestved, DK;
Thomas Lysgaard, Solroed Strand, DK;
Allan Torp, Bjaeverskov, DK;
Steen Aggerholm, St. Heddinge, DK;
Tue Thuren Bödewadt, Herfoelge, DK;
Per Elgaard, Haslev, DK;
Christina Rauf Hansen, Koebenhavn, DK;
Anders Scheel Klausen, Naestved, DK;
Thomas Lysgaard, Solroed Strand, DK;
Allan Torp, Bjaeverskov, DK;
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A valvuloplasty balloon assembly includes a balloon () provided with end shoulders () preferably integral with end cones () of the balloon (). The end shoulders () provide a substantially perpendicular stop shoulder () at either end of the cylindrical portion () of the balloon (). The restraining shoulders () act to hold the balloon () within a valve () of a heart (), for instance. This prevents unwanted slippage of the balloon () during a valvuloplasty procedure and thus prevents possible damage caused as a result of such slippage.