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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Carey V. Campbell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Joel M. Greene, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Lawrence D. Holden, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
William Hammond Wiley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Carey V. Campbell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Joel M. Greene, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Lawrence D. Holden, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
William Hammond Wiley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61L 29/085 (2013.01); A61M 25/1029 (2013.01); A61M 25/1034 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1031 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1081 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Reinforced angioplasty balloon having an external elastic sheath. The elastic sheath maintains, along its length, a substantially uniform circular cross-section during balloon inflation and forces a deflated balloon into a compacted, substantially circular, wingless profile.