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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Robert E. Fischell, Dayton, MD (US);
David R. Fischell, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Robert E. Fischell, Dayton, MD (US);
David R. Fischell, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Svelte Medical Systems, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balloon disposed near a distal end of the catheter tubing and moving between deflated and inflated states, and proximal and distal stent retention bands concentrically arranged around respective proximal and distal end portions of the balloon. The proximal stent retention band has a distal end located within 2 mm of the proximal end of a stent coaxially received by the balloon and the distal stent retention band has a largest diameter within 2 mm of the distal end of the stent received by the balloon.