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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Frank Ingle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rebecca Tin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert F. Bencini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Mazzone, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank Ingle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rebecca Tin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert F. Bencini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Mazzone, San Jose, CA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A cryotherapy system includes a cryotherapy catheter having an inflatable balloon portion and a pressure regulator. The inflatable balloon portion includes an outer balloon and an inner balloon within the outer balloon. The inner balloon is configured to receive during a cryotherapy procedure a cryogenic agent for extracting heat from body tissue at a desired location. The inflatable balloon portion is at a distal end of the cryotherapy catheter. The pressure regulator is adapted to maintain a positive pressure between the inner balloon and the outer balloon during a cryotherapy procedure.