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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter system comprises a catheter, an inner shaft, an expandable balloon, and an elongate advancement member. The expandable balloon has an unwrapped state and rewrapped state and the advancement member has a first state and a second state. When the advancement member is in the first state the expandable balloon is in the unwrapped state, and when the advancement member is in the second state the expandable balloon is in the rewrapped state. The unwrapped state has a first length and a first diameter, the rewrapped state has a second length and a second diameter, the second length is equal to or greater than the first length, and the second diameter is less than first diameter. The advancement member in the second state extends through the interior region defined by the expandable balloon.