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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Gerard Barki, Geneva, CH;
Inventor:
Gerard Barki, Geneva, CH;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A balloon catheter has an elongated flexible shaft made of a metal and at least one inflatable balloon mounted on a distal end area of the flexible shaft. A wall of the shaft providing the mechanical properties for flexibility and pushability is entirely made of metal, the wall has a sheet-like shape, and the wall has an outer diameter up to 0.5 mm and a wall thickness in a range from 0.02 mm to 0.1 mm.