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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
John Jianhua Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Nao Pao Lee, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Douglas A. Devens, St. Paul, MN (US);
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
John Jianhua Chen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Nao Pao Lee, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Douglas A. Devens, St. Paul, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A tubular parison for forming a medical device balloon. The parison is formed of a polymeric material, for instance a thermoplastic elastomer. The parison has an elongation at break which is not more than 80% of the elongation of the bulk polymeric material. The elongation of the parison is controlled by altering extrusion conditions. Balloons prepared from the parisons provide higher wall strength and/or higher inflation durability than balloons prepared from conventional parisons of the same material.