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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Thomas J. Holman, Princeton, MN (US);
Afsar Ali, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Holman, Princeton, MN (US);
Afsar Ali, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1038 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical balloons are energetically treated to form regions that facilitate deflation to a desirable configuration.