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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
David G. Burton, Bloomington, IN (US);
Thomas Lysgaard, Solrod Strand, DK;
Steen Aggerholm, St. Heddinge, DK;
Per Elgaard, Haslev, DK;
Kjeld Hjort, Holmegaard, DK;
Assignee:
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1002 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61M 25/1029 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1031 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balloon catheter is provided for dilating hardened stenoses. The balloon catheter has dilation elements integrally formed on the outer surface of the balloon. The dilation elements have cross-sectional shapes that improve the performance of the balloon catheter.