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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Barbara E. Stamberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed subject matter describes systems and methods of electrospinning a fiber for a variety of applications. An exemplary embodiment includes a medical device application for delivering a therapeutic agent, such as a sclerosing agent, to the walls of a blood vessel to perform sclerotherapy. A method of fabricating a medical balloon comprises charging a polymer material with an electric voltage, dispensing the charged polymeric material through a nozzle, collecting the charged polymeric material on a grounded mandrel, wherein the mandrel includes a tubular body having a plurality of openings extending through the tubular body, and forming an electrospun medical balloon defined by a body having a varied thickness.