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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Applicants:
James F. Davidson, Fladstaff, AZ (US);
Matthew E. Doyle, Newark, DE (US);
Peter R. Giovale, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
David R. King, Wilmington, DE (US);
Paul M. Kroncke, Secane, PA (US);
Alison Keach Pearsall, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
James F. Davidson, Fladstaff, AZ (US);
Matthew E. Doyle, Newark, DE (US);
Peter R. Giovale, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
David R. King, Wilmington, DE (US);
Paul M. Kroncke, Secane, PA (US);
Alison Keach Pearsall, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to the field of balloon catheters and more particularly to catheter balloons having controlled failure mechanisms for the prevention of catastrophic failure of the balloon during overpressure conditions.