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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Horn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Robert N. Squire, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Adam Joseph Royer, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
John J. Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); F04C 2270/041 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
An expandable medical balloon for transmitting radiofrequency energy, the medical balloon comprising at least one polymeric electrically-insulating layer and at least one polymeric electrically-conductive layer, wherein at least portions of the polymeric electrically-insulating layer are moveable relative to the polymeric electrically-conductive in said at least one pressurizable expanded state.