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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Cook Incorporated, Blomington, IN (US);
Neha Bhagchandani, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Alyson M. Tews, Bloomington, IN (US);
Elizabeth M. Theobald, Bloomington, IN (US);
Alina Costin, Bloomington, IN (US);
Christopher Michael Mobley, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A variable length balloon catheter assembly and methods for inflating a variable length balloon to a predetermined length. The variable length balloon catheter has a balloon at a distal end and a plurality of stricture mechanisms securing the balloon to the catheter. The stricture mechanisms are provided at known intervals and have a known rupture pressure. The balloon is inflated and a known number of stricture mechanisms are ruptured providing for a variable balloon length based on the number of stricture mechanisms ruptured.