BALLOON FOLDING DESIGN AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING BALLOONS

An expandable balloon for a medical device having a static state, at least one first expanded state, and at least one second expanded state, the expandable balloon (10) having a substantially polygonal geometric shape in a cross-sectioned view perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the balloon in t...

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Main Author TRINIDAD, JEFFREY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 16.02.2006
Edition7
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
DIAGNOSIS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
SURGERY
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:An expandable balloon for a medical device having a static state, at least one first expanded state, and at least one second expanded state, the expandable balloon (10) having a substantially polygonal geometric shape in a cross-sectioned view perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the balloon in the static state. The balloon may comprise atherotomes (14). L'invention concerne une ballonnet expansible pour un dispositif médical en état statique, au moins un premier état expansible et au moins un second état expansible, le ballonnet expansible (10) disposant sensiblement d'une forme géométrique polygonale dans une vue transversale perpendiculaire sur à l'axe longitudinale du ballonnet en état statique. Le ballonnet peut comprendre des athérotomes (14).
Bibliography:Application Number: WO2005US18086