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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Noah Roth, Atlanta, GA (US);
Udayan Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Noah Roth, Atlanta, GA (US);
Udayan Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
MIRUS LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 37/0015 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0031 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01); A61M 2037/003 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device for insertion and expansion in a body passageway. The medical device includes an inflatable device such as a balloon that is designed to be inflated and deflated while positioned in the body passageway. The inflatable device is inflatable by inserting a fluid in an internal cavity of the inflatable device. The inflatable device includes an outer surface that has a surface structure or micro-surface structure which is designed to at least partially penetrate into an inner wall of the body passageway when the inflatable device is inflated.