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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Intervalve, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Wesley Pedersen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert A. Van Tassel, Excelsior, MN (US);
Robert S. Schwartz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Gregory G. Brucker, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Skott E. Greenhalgh, Glenside, PA (US);
InterValve, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an aortic valvuloplasty catheter which, in one preferred embodiment, has a tapered distal balloon segment that anchors within the left ventricle outflow track of the patient's heart and a rounded proximal segment which conforms to the aortic sinuses forcing the valve leaflets open. In addition, this embodiment of the valvuloplasty catheter includes a fiber-based balloon membrane, a distal pigtail end hole catheter tip, and a catheter sheath.