Balloon design to enhance cooling uniformity

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PATENT NO 9861423
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14948906

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A device, system, and method for enhancing cooling uniformity and efficiency of cryogenic fluids and providing a treatment element the shape of which can be adjusted for multiple purposes. The device may include a balloon catheter and fluid dispersion element, the fluid dispersion element directing the flow of coolant from a fluid injection element the interior wall of the balloon. The method of changing the shape of the treatment element may include retracting and extending a shaft to which the distal neck of a balloon is coupled, so that the balloon goes from a first shape to a second shape.

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MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP199 BAY STREET SUITE 5300 TORONTO ONTARIO M5L 1B9

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Davie, Scott W Beaconsfield, CA 13 533
Lalonde, Jean-Pierre Candiac, CA 98 3088
Wittenberger, Dan L'lle-Bizard, CA 110 5621

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