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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2014
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Alfred A. Alpini, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Carey V. Campbell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Sherif A. Eskaros, Elkton, MD (US);
David R. King, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph E. Korleski, Newark, DE (US);
James W. Mann, Elkton, MD (US);
Lonzo C. McLaughlin, Landenberg, PA (US);
Kenneth R. Newcomb, Middletown, DE (US);
Peter J. Roeber, Oxford, PA (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0009 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01); A61M 25/1029 (2013.01); A61M 25/1011 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1031 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1059 (2013.10); A61M 2025/1075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter balloon with integral non-distending regions having a plurality of layers which wind around the balloon material and overlap to form an angle of between 45 and 90 degrees relative to each other upon inflation, and methods of making the non-distending regions are provided.