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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
Eric Williams, Fairfield, CA (US);
Daryush Mirzaee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Khenansho, Modesto, CA (US);
Michael Schwartz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Williams, Fairfield, CA (US);
Daryush Mirzaee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Khenansho, Modesto, CA (US);
Michael Schwartz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for treatment of a bifurcation of a body lumen, the bifurcation having a main vessel and a branch vessel, the apparatus includes a bifurcated balloon with a first branch portion and a second branch portion, the second branch portion including an inflatable portion adapted to extend toward the branch vessel, the bifurcated balloon also having a proximal shaft portion and a distal shaft portion connected to the inflatable portion of the second branch portion, and wherein the first branch portion and the second branch portion each have a longitudinal axis, the axis of the first branch portion being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second branch portion.