Balloon delivery apparatus and method for using and manufacturing the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8968348
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13224037

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A balloon delivery catheter apparatus including a catheter tubing defining a lumen therethrough, a balloon disposed near a distal end of the catheter tubing and moving between deflated and inflated states, and a core wire having a proximal end attached to the catheter tubing inside the lumen and extending distally away and substantially co-axially with the catheter tubing through the balloon to a distal free end. Proximal and distal balloon control bands are concentrically arranged around respective proximal and distal end portions of the balloon. A coil disposed around the core wire has a proximal end attached to at least one of the distal end portion of the balloon and the distal balloon control band.

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  • SVELTE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DiCaprio, Fernando St. Paul, US 26 1261

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