Comformable balloon devices and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10617853
APP PUB NO 20170319829A1
SERIAL NO

15660316

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The present disclosure is directed toward a semi-compliant to non-compliant, conformable balloon useful in medical applications. Conformable balloons of the present disclosure exhibit a low straightening force when in a curved configuration and at inflation pressures greater than 4 atm. Balloons of the present disclosure are constructed of material that can compress along an inner length when the balloon is in a curved configuration. In further embodiments, balloons of the present disclosure can be constructed of material that sufficiently elongates along an outer arc when the balloon is in a curved configuration. As a result, medical balloons, in accordance with the present disclosure, when inflated in a curved configuration, exhibit kink-free configurations and do not cause a significant degree of vessel straightening.

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W L GORE & ASSOCIATES INC555 PAPER MILL ROAD NEWARK DE 19711

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Campbell, Carey V Flagstaff, US 59 3537
Maulding, Matthew E Flagstaff, US 13 72
Trapp, Benjamin M Flagstaff, US 60 1427

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