US Patent No: 5,797,877
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Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers
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Aug 25, 1998
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May 24, 1996
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Abstract
A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.
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| 4,921,483 Angioplasty catheter | 267 | 1987 | |
| 4,811,737 Self-purging balloon catheter | 90 | 1987 | |
| 4,963,313 Balloon catheter | 124 | 1987 | |
| 4,906,241 Dilation balloon | 115 | 1988 | |
| 4,952,357 Method of making a polyimide balloon catheter | 127 | 1988 | |
| 4,896,669 Dilatation catheter | 75 | 1988 | |
| 4,950,227 Stent delivery system | 584 | 1988 | |
| 5,015,231 Multipart split sleeve balloon protector for dilatation catheter | 84 | 1989 | |
| 5,147,302 Method of shaping a balloon of a balloon catheter | 138 | 1989 | |
| 4,994,033 Intravascular drug delivery dilatation catheter | 335 | 1989 | |
| 4,994,072 Dilation catheter | 80 | 1989 | |
| 4,986,830 Valvuloplasty catheter with balloon which remains stable during inflation | 142 | 1989 | |
| 5,100,381 Angioplasty catheter | 103 | 1990 | |
| 5,090,958 Balloon catheters | 164 | 1990 | |
| 5,192,296 Dilatation catheter | 36 | 1990 | |
| 5,137,512 Multisegment balloon protector for dilatation catheter | 84 | 1990 | |
| 5,195,969 Co-extruded medical balloons and catheter using such balloons | 260 | 1991 | |
| 5,330,428 Dilatation catheter having a random copolymer balloon | 55 | 1991 | |
| 5,270,086 Multilayer extrusion of angioplasty balloons | 332 | 1991 | |
| 5,207,700 Polyimide balloon catheter and method of forming a balloon therefor | 62 | 1991 | |
| 5,160,321 Balloon catheters | 102 | 1991 | |
| 5,226,887 Collapsible folding angioplasty balloon | 86 | 1992 | |
| 5,254,089 Medication dispensing balloon catheter | 149 | 1992 | |
| 5,176,693 Balloon expandable atherectomy cutter | 112 | 1992 | |
| 5,306,246 Balloon for medical catheter | 130 | 1992 | |
| 5,342,307 Dilatation catheter with tri-fold balloon | 110 | 1992 | |
| 5,366,442 Sleeve for attaching a medical balloon to a catheter | 46 | 1993 | |
| 5,344,401 Catheter balloon formed from a polymeric composite | 91 | 1993 | |
| 5,447,497 Balloon catheter having nonlinear compliance curve and method of using | 161 | 1994 | |
| 5,490,839 Catheter balloon with retraction coating | 87 | 1995 | |
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| 4,585,000 Expandable device for treating intravascular stenosis | 196 | 1983 | |
| 4,572,186 Vessel dilation | 263 | 1983 | |
| 4,596,563 Thin-walled multi-layered catheter having a fuseless tip | 194 | 1984 | |
| 4,636,346 Preparing guiding catheter | 274 | 1985 | |
| 4,753,765 Method of making a catheter having a fuseless tip | 77 | 1986 | |
| 4,856,516 Endovascular stent apparatus and method | 769 | 1989 | |
| 4,941,877 Balloon catheter | 66 | 1989 | |
| 4,960,410 Flexible tubular member for catheter construction | 144 | 1989 | |
| 5,041,100 Catheter and hydrophilic, friction-reducing coating thereon | 137 | 1989 | |
| 5,037,392 Stent-implanting balloon assembly | 256 | 1989 | |
| 5,116,318 Dilatation balloon within an elastic sleeve | 294 | 1989 | |
| 4,906,244 Balloons for medical devices and fabrication thereof | 241 | 1989 | |
| 4,938,676 Apparatus for manufacturing balloons for medical devices | 63 | 1989 | |
| 5,290,306 Puncture resistant balloon catheter | 261 | 1989 | |
| 5,017,325 Stretch-blow molding method for manufacturing balloons for medical devices | 50 | 1989 | |
| 5,108,415 Balloons for medical devices and fabrication thereof | 158 | 1989 | |
| 5,049,132 Balloon catheter for delivering therapeutic agents | 358 | 1990 | |
| 5,041,125 Balloon catheter | 58 | 1990 | |
| 5,213,576 Therapeutic porous balloon catheter | 232 | 1991 | |
| 5,366,472 Dilatation balloon within an elastic sleeve | 70 | 1991 | |
| 5,223,205 Method for manufacturing balloons for medical devices | 52 | 1991 | |
| 5,342,305 Variable distention angioplasty balloon assembly | 111 | 1992 | |
| 5,248,305 Extruded tubing and catheters having helical liquid crystal fibrils | 105 | 1992 | |
| 5,304,197 Balloons for medical devices and fabrication thereof | 65 | 1992 | |
| 5,342,386 Catheter with multiple flexibilities along the shaft | 98 | 1992 | |
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| 4,323,071 Vascular guiding catheter assembly and vascular dilating catheter assembly and a combination thereof and methods of making the same | 498 | 1980 | |
| 4,411,055 Vascular guiding catheter assembly and vascular dilating catheter assembly and a combination thereof and methods for making the same | 111 | 1981 | |
| 4,638,805 Self-venting balloon dilatation catheter and method | 115 | 1985 | |
| 4,684,363 Rapidly inflatable balloon catheter and method | 75 | 1986 | |
| 4,775,371 Stiffened dilatation catheter and method of manufacture | 202 | 1986 | |
| 4,771,778 Steerable low profile balloon dilatation catheter | 79 | 1987 | |
| 4,821,722 Self-venting balloon dilatation catheter and method | 100 | 1987 | |
| 4,790,831 Torque-control catheter | 84 | 1987 | |
| 5,041,089 Vascular dilation catheter construction | 280 | 1988 | |
| 5,042,985 Dilatation catheter suitable for peripheral arteries | 115 | 1989 | |
| 5,035,694 Dilatation catheter assembly with heated balloon | 145 | 1989 | |
| 5,114,423 Dilatation catheter assembly with heated balloon | 134 | 1990 | |
| 5,360,401 Catheter for stent delivery | 151 | 1993 | |
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| 4,820,349 Dilatation catheter with collapsible outer diameter | 304 | 1987 | |
| 5,026,607 Medical apparatus having protective, lubricious coating | 130 | 1989 | |
| 5,077,352 Flexible lubricious organic coatings | 73 | 1990 | |
| 5,284,473 Perfusion catheter with flow amplifier | 38 | 1991 | |
| 5,179,174 Flexible lubricious organic coatings | 55 | 1991 | |
| 5,269,757 Catheter with integral steerable guidewire having linear to rotary movement | 31 | 1991 | |
| 5,279,560 Balloon dilatation catheter with integral guidewire | 55 | 1991 | |
| 5,272,012 Medical apparatus having protective, lubricious coating | 296 | 1992 | |
| 5,224,933 Catheter purge device | 28 | 1992 | |
| 5,358,486 Multiple layer high strength balloon for dilatation catheter | 170 | 1992 | |
| 5,318,587 Pleated balloon dilatation catheter and method of use | 71 | 1992 | |
| 5,338,298 Double-tapered balloon | 48 | 1993 | |
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| 4,282,876 Radiopaque polyurethane resin compositions | 91 | 1979 | |
| 4,579,879 Radiopaque polyurethane-silicone network resin compositions and medical-surgical tubings prepared therefrom | 13 | 1984 | |
| 4,581,390 Catheters comprising radiopaque polyurethane-silicone network resin compositions | 48 | 1984 | |
| 4,613,517 Heparinization of plasma treated surfaces | 70 | 1985 | |
| 4,705,517 Percutaneously deliverable intravascular occlusion prosthesis | 224 | 1985 | |
| 4,737,219 Method for bonding polyurethane balloons to multilumen catheters | 46 | 1986 | |
| 4,786,556 Polymeric articles having enhanced antithrombogenic activity | 90 | 1987 | |
| 5,084,315 Lubricious coatings, medical articles containing same and method for their preparation | 72 | 1990 | |
| 5,059,269 Method of making an article having a hemocompatible surface | 34 | 1990 | |
| 5,061,424 Method for applying a lubricious coating to an article | 42 | 1991 | |
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| 4,490,421 Balloon and manufacture thereof | 270 | 1983 | |
| 4,699,611 Biliary stent introducer | 173 | 1985 | |
| RE33561 Balloon and manufacture thereof | 129 | 1988 | |
| 5,087,246 Dilation catheter with fluted balloon | 114 | 1988 | |
| 5,087,244 Catheter and method for locally applying medication to the wall of a blood vessel or other body lumen | 247 | 1990 | |
| 5,318,041 Core wire steerable electrode catheter | 37 | 1992 | |
| 5,277,199 Core wire steerable catheters | 55 | 1992 | |
| 5,304,340 Method of increasing the tensile strength of a dilatation balloon | 120 | 1993 | |
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| 4,271,839 Dilation catheter method and apparatus | 198 | 1979 | |
| 4,292,974 Dilatation catheter apparatus and method | 95 | 1980 | |
| 4,479,497 Double lumen dilatation catheter | 113 | 1982 | |
| 4,606,347 Inverted balloon catheter having sealed through lumen | 123 | 1985 | |
| 4,762,130 Catheter with corkscrew-like balloon | 330 | 1987 | |
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| 4,640,852 Multiple layer films containing oriented layers of nylon and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer | 42 | 1984 | |
| 5,071,686 Films of polypropylene blends and polyethylene blends and articles made therewith | 107 | 1985 | |
| 4,818,592 Multiple layer films containing oriented layers of nylon and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer | 29 | 1986 | |
| 5,156,857 Extrusion die for extrusion blow molding equipment | 38 | 1991 | |
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| 4,582,762 Soft vinyl chloride resin-silicone composite shaped article | 33 | 1984 | |
| 4,686,124 Thermoplastic resin-silicone rubber composite shaped article | 45 | 1984 | |
| 4,814,231 Thermoplastic resin-silicone composite shaped article | 34 | 1986 | |
| 4,834,721 Thermoplastic resin silicone composite shaped article | 28 | 1988 | |
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| 5,002,556 Balloon catheter assembly | 103 | 1989 | |
| 4,964,853 Catheter equipped with expansible member | 60 | 1989 | |
| 5,334,146 Catheter balloon having varying wall thickness | 95 | 1991 | |
| 5,344,400 Balloon catheters containing molded polyarylenesulfide material | 67 | 1993 | |
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| 4,335,723 Catheter having inflatable retention means | 65 | 1978 | |
| 4,318,947 Polymer coating and curing process for catheters | 40 | 1981 | |
| 4,705,502 Suprapubic catheter with dual balloons | 104 | 1986 | |
| 4,838,876 Silicone rubber catheter having improved surface morphology | 54 | 1988 | |
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| 4,553,545 Device for application in blood vessels or other difficultly accessible locations and its use | 576 | 1983 | |
| 4,655,771 Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body | 1200 | 1983 | |
| 4,732,152 Device for implantation and a method of implantation in a vessel using such device | 633 | 1986 | |
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| 4,651,721 Penile prosthesis system | 38 | 1985 | |
| 4,932,958 Prostate balloon dilator | 112 | 1988 | |
| 4,932,956 Prostate balloon dilator | 124 | 1989 | |
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| 4,580,568 Percutaneous endovascular stent and method for insertion thereof | 1072 | 1984 | |
| 4,637,396 Balloon catheter | 140 | 1984 | |
| 4,800,882 Endovascular stent and delivery system | 1134 | 1987 | |
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| 4,769,030 Monomer and use thereof in crack prevention of implanted prostheses | 15 | 1987 | |
| 4,739,013 Polyurethanes | 30 | 1987 | |
| 4,851,009 Crack prevention of implanted prostheses | 54 | 1988 | |
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| 4,261,339 Balloon catheter with rotatable support | 77 | 1978 | |
| 4,346,698 Balloon catheter with rotatable support | 56 | 1980 | |
| 4,540,404 Balloon catheter with intrinsic introducer for percutaneous insertion into a blood vessel over a guide wire, and method of use | 126 | 1983 | |
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| 4,563,181 Fused flexible tip catheter | 220 | 1983 | |
| 4,694,838 Loop coronary catheter | 69 | 1985 | |
| 4,898,591 Nylon-PEBA copolymer catheter | 321 | 1988 | |
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| 4,265,276 Plastic tube having a crosslinked thin layer on the surface | 26 | 1980 | |
| 5,201,706 Catheter with a balloon reinforced with composite yarn | 70 | 1991 | |
| 5,330,429 Catheter with a balloon reinforced with composite yarn | 86 | 1993 | |
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| 5,254,091 Low profile balloon catheter and method for making same | 119 | 1991 | |
| 5,295,960 Catheter with interior balloon | 40 | 1992 | |
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| 4,422,447 Percutaneous balloon | 44 | 1981 | |
| 4,576,142 Percutaneous intra-aortic balloon and method for using same | 68 | 1982 | |
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| 4,666,437 Hydrophilic coating | 70 | 1986 | |
| 4,906,237 Method of forming an improved hydrophilic coating on a polymer surface | 94 | 1988 | |
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| 4,238,443 Process for transversely stretching polyethylene terephthalate film | 14 | 1979 | |
| 4,824,618 Coextrusion blowmolding process | 26 | 1987 | |
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| 4,424,242 Containers having improved gas barrier properties | 21 | 1983 | |
| 4,636,442 Laminated structures of polyethylene terephthalate and elastomeric copolyesterethers | 42 | 1985 | |
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| 5,006,119 Hollow core coaxial catheter | 129 | 1989 | |
| 5,372,603 Hollow core coaxial catheter | 38 | 1991 | |
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| 4,803,035 Method for making composite films | 18 | 1985 | |
| 4,880,682 Low gloss film and process of manufacture (FP 1323) | 49 | 1988 | |
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| 4,233,022 Apparatus for forming heat treated blown thermoplastic articles | 93 | 1978 | |
| 4,439,394 Heat setting method | 14 | 1982 | |
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| 4,573,966 Method and apparatus for removing and/or enlarging constricted areas in vessels conducting body fluids | 287 | 1982 | |
| 4,610,662 Method for the elimination or the enlargement of points of constriction in vessels carrying body fluids | 286 | 1983 | |
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| 4,551,292 Method for making a catheter with a soft, deformable tip | 124 | 1984 | |
| 5,267,959 Laser bonding of angioplasty balloon catheters | 64 | 1991 | |
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| 4,330,497 Method of making grooved plastic medical tubing | 54 | 1981 | |
| 4,705,709 Lubricant composition, method of coating and a coated intubation device | 55 | 1985 | |
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| 4,810,543 Articles having low friction surfaces and production thereof | 39 | 1986 | |
| 4,729,914 Hydrophilic coating and substrate coated therewith | 126 | 1987 | |
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| 4,444,188 Balloon catheter | 63 | 1981 | |
| 4,614,188 Balloon catheter | 32 | 1985 | |
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| 5,264,260 Dilatation balloon fabricated from low molecular weight polymers | 214 | 1991 | |
| 5,342,301 Multi-lumen balloons and catheters made therewith | 264 | 1992 | |
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| 4,434,797 Catheter | 82 | 1982 | |
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| 4,573,470 Low-profile steerable intraoperative balloon dilitation catheter | 146 | 1984 | |
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| 4,497,074 Organ prostheses | 67 | 1979 | |
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| 4,531,997 Forming bead seal in biaxially oriented polymer film by heat bonding | 24 | 1983 | |
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| 4,871,094 Means and method for dispensing substances | 98 | 1988 | |
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| 4,650,466 Angioplasty device | 663 | 1985 | |
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| 4,413,989 Expandable occlusion apparatus | 297 | 1981 | |
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| 4,995,868 Catheter | 105 | 1989 | |
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| 4,390,668 Autoclavable thermoplastic material which is heat bondable to a cannula and the like | 8 | 1981 | |
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| 4,819,751 Valvuloplasty catheter and method | 142 | 1987 | |
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| 4,306,998 Process for the preparation of stable aqueous dispersions of oligourethanes or polyurethanes and their use as coating compounds for flexible or rigid substrates | 65 | 1980 | |
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| 4,743,257 Material for osteosynthesis devices | 86 | 1986 | |
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| 4,933,178 Metal-based antimicrobial coating | 92 | 1988 | |
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| 4,222,384 Catheter | 36 | 1977 | |
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| 5,100,992 Polyurethane-based polymeric materials and biomedical articles and pharmaceutical compositions utilizing the same | 188 | 1990 | |
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| 4,762,129 Dilatation catheter | 578 | 1986 | |
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| 4,660,560 Method for treating obstructive prostatism | 91 | 1985 | |
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| 4,406,656 Venous catheter having collapsible multi-lumens | 275 | 1981 | |
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| 4,762,589 Method of making a tubular rubber product having a polyamide or polyester resin layer | 44 | 1986 | |
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| 4,578,024 Coextrusion apparatus | 25 | 1985 | |
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| 4,403,612 Dilatation method | 105 | 1982 | |
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| 4,559,951 Catheter assembly | 203 | 1982 | |
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| 5,295,962 Drug delivery and dilatation catheter | 120 | 1992 | |
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| 5,334,168 Variable shape guide apparatus | 79 | 1993 | |
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| 4,409,364 Adhesive blends and composite structures comprising acid or anhydride modified PE + hope + polypropylene | 37 | 1981 | |
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| 4,472,129 Head for extrusion of a tubular parison formed of at least one layer of material | 53 | 1982 | |
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| 4,423,829 Apparatus for containing and dispensing fluids under pressure and method of manufacturing same | 49 | 1980 | |
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| 5,057,092 Braided catheter with low modulus warp | 240 | 1990 | |
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| 5,348,536 Coextruded catheter and method of forming | 131 | 1993 | |
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| 5,209,728 Low profile, high performance interventional catheters | 80 | 1992 | |
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| 2005/0189,513 Bearing support device | 2005 | ||
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| 4,521,564 Covalent bonded antithrombogenic polyurethane material | 94 | 1984 | |
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| 5,350,361 Tri-fold balloon for dilatation catheter and related method | 85 | 1993 | |
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| 4,857,046 Drive catheter having helical pump drive shaft | 155 | 1987 | |
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| 4,816,339 Multi-layered poly(tetrafluoroethylene)/elastomer materials useful for in vivo implantation | 308 | 1987 | |
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| 4,685,458 Angioplasty catheter and method for use thereof | 126 | 1985 | |
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| 4,251,564 Heat-sink imaging method and apparatus for live skin tissue using pulsed energy source | 6 | 1979 | |
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| 5,423,773 Catheter with gear body and progressively compliant tip | 68 | 1994 | |
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| 4,776,337 Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft | 1050 | 1986 | |
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| 5,125,913 Soft-tipped catheters | 42 | 1990 | |
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| 5,100,721 Flat laminated thermoplastic multilayer film and manufacturing method of the same | 28 | 1989 | |
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| 5,183,613 Process for the preparation of solventless, low friction, abrasion-resistant coatings for elastomeric substrates | 44 | 1991 | |
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| 4,484,971 Method and apparatus for making improved laminating film | 36 | 1983 | |
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| 4,710,181 Variable diameter catheter | 164 | 1986 | |
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| 4,351,341 Balloon catheter | 90 | 1980 | |
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| 4,324,262 Aspirating culture catheter and method of use | 56 | 1979 | |
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| 4,801,297 Catheter having slit tip | 97 | 1984 | |
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| 5,094,799 Process for producing biaxially oriented nylon film | 26 | 1990 | |
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| 4,627,436 Angioplasty catheter and method for use thereof | 97 | 1984 | |
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| 4,301,053 Polyurethane resin coating composition | 33 | 1980 | |
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| 5,183,464 Radially expandable dilator | 270 | 1991 | |
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| 5,263,962 Balloon catheter and method of using the same | 21 | 1991 | |
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| 4,642,267 Hydrophilic polymer blend | 138 | 1985 | |
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| 4,923,450 Medical tubes for placement into the body of a patient | 115 | 1988 | |
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| 5,057,106 Microwave balloon angioplasty | 411 | 1990 | |
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| 4,686,982 Spiral wire bearing for rotating wire drive catheter | 99 | 1985 | |
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| 4,681,092 Balloon catheter wrapping apparatus | 70 | 1985 | |
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| 5,254,090 Balloon catheter having a dual layer inner member | 56 | 1992 | |
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| 4,771,776 Dilatation catheter with angled balloon and method | 76 | 1987 | |
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| 4,706,670 Dilatation catheter | 175 | 1985 | |
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| 4,648,871 Suction catheter | 31 | 1985 | |
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| 5,163,949 Fluid operated retractors | 273 | 1991 | |
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| 4,886,062 Intravascular radially expandable stent and method of implant | 1153 | 1987 | |
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| 4,994,047 Multi-layer cannula structure | 170 | 1988 | |
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| 4,326,532 Antithrombogenic articles | 111 | 1980 | |
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| 4,751,924 Balloon catheter | 69 | 1984 | |
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| 4,627,844 Tri-layer tubing | 136 | 1985 | |
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| 4,656,094 Novel multi-layer articles | 23 | 1985 | |
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| 4,840,623 Medical catheter with splined internal wall | 74 | 1988 | |
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| 4,913,701 Balloon catheter and method of manufacturing the same | 58 | 1988 | |
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| 4,244,914 Process for preparing gas-, vapor- and odor-proof coupled and coextruded multilayer articles of thermoplastic material and closed-surface bodies comprising the same | 61 | 1978 | |
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| 4,327,736 Balloon catheter | 165 | 1979 | |
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| 4,230,110 Hub with suturing provision for medical devices | 25 | 1978 | |
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| 5,352,236 Balloon protector | 46 | 1992 | |
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| 4,685,447 Tissue expander system | 268 | 1985 | |
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| 4,656,070 Coextruded recoverable articles | 23 | 1985 | |
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| 4,385,089 Process for preparing biaxially oriented hollow shaped articles from thermoplastic materials | 106 | 1980 | |
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| 4,763,653 Medical sleeve | 123 | 1987 | |
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| 4,963,306 Method for making fuseless soft tip angiographic catheter | 52 | 1988 | |
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| 4,787,388 Method for opening constricted regions in the cardiovascular system | 126 | 1986 | |
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| 4,195,637 Catheter arrangement, method of catheterization, and method of manufacturing a dilatation element | 225 | 1977 | |
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| 4,183,102 Inflatable prosthetic device for lining a body duct | 195 | 1977 | |
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| 4,868,044 Laminated structure comprising non-crosslinked foam as substrate | 29 | 1988 | |
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| 4,954,126 Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body | 616 | 1989 | |
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| 4,744,366 Concentric independently inflatable/deflatable multiple diameter balloon angioplasty catheter systems and method of use | 191 | 1986 | |
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| 4,863,426 Percutaneous venous catheter | 27 | 1987 | |
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| 5,041,129 Slotted suture anchor and method of anchoring a suture | 450 | 1990 | |
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| 4,702,252 Catheters | 178 | 1986 | |
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| 4,677,017 Coextrusion of thermoplastic fluoropolymers with thermoplastic polymers | 99 | 1986 | |
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| 5,312,356 Catheter with low-friction distal segment | 96 | 1990 | |
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| 4,211,741 Extrusion process for laminated medical-surgical tubing | 82 | 1978 | |
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| 4,300,550 Suction and oxygenation catheter | 80 | 1980 | |
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| 5,171,221 Single lumen low profile valved balloon catheter | 80 | 1991 | |
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| 4,657,024 Medical-surgical catheter | 107 | 1985 | |
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| 5,108,420 Aperture occlusion device | 480 | 1991 | |
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| 4,909,252 Perfusion balloon catheter | 201 | 1988 | |
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| 5,415,653 Optical catheter with stranded fibers | 42 | 1993 | |
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| 5,075,152 Polyethylene composite film and label | 19 | 1991 | |
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| 4,857,393 Waterproof water-vapor-permeable laminated structure and applications of the same | 25 | 1988 | |
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| 4,182,457 Multilayer container | 56 | 1977 | |
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| 4,634,615 Heat recoverable coextruded articles | 43 | 1985 | |
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| 5,091,205 Hydrophilic lubricious coatings | 256 | 1989 | |
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| 4,378,803 Process for producing antithrombogenic vinyl acetate polymer or hydrolyzate thereof | 30 | 1980 | |
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| 5,226,880 Angioplasty catheter with balloon retainer | 69 | 1990 | |
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| 4,263,188 Aqueous coating composition and method | 29 | 1979 | |
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| 4,723,936 Steerable catheter | 168 | 1986 | |
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| 4,296,156 Multilayer film including a polyurethane | 32 | 1979 | |
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| 4,869,263 Device and method for measuring volumetric blood flow in a vessel | 54 | 1988 | |
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| 4,664,657 Lubricant for catheter assemblies employing thermoplastic catheters | 58 | 1985 | |
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| 4,576,772 Catheter with optimum resistance to bending and method of manufacture | 41 | 1984 | |
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| 4,265,848 Method for the production of a medical instrument | 56 | 1979 | |
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| 5,370,618 Pulmonary artery polyurethane balloon catheter | 45 | 1992 | |
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| 4,950,239 Angioplasty balloons and balloon catheters | 113 | 1988 | |
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| 4,256,789 Injection molded, polyethylene terephthalate parison for blow molding | 25 | 1979 | |
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| 4,213,461 Miniature balloon catheter | 66 | 1977 | |
| 4,198,981 Intrauterine surgical device | 128 | 1978 | |
| 4,299,226 Coronary dilation method | 187 | 1979 | |
| 4,338,942 Dilatation catherter apparatus | 154 | 1980 | |
| 4,456,011 Balloon-catheter | 70 | 1981 | |
| 4,417,576 Double-wall surgical cuff | 168 | 1982 | |
| 4,423,725 Multiple surgical cuff | 421 | 1982 | |
| 4,608,984 Self-retracting dilatation catheter | 116 | 1982 | |
| 4,946,464 Method of manufacturing miniature balloon catheter and product thereof | 32 | 1983 | |
| 4,636,195 Method and apparatus for removing arterial constriction | 219 | 1985 | |
| 4,655,745 Ventricular catheter | 48 | 1985 | |
| 4,681,564 Catheter assembly having balloon extended flow path | 93 | 1985 | |
| 4,900,303 Dispensing catheter and method | 217 | 1986 | |
| 4,693,243 Conduit system for directly administering topical anaesthesia to blocked laryngeal-tracheal areas | 116 | 1986 | |
| 4,824,436 Method for the prevention of restenosis | 233 | 1987 | |
| 4,878,495 Valvuloplasty device with satellite expansion means | 192 | 1987 | |
| 4,796,629 Stiffened dilation balloon catheter device | 259 | 1987 | |
| 4,795,458 Stent for use following balloon angioplasty | 456 | 1987 | |
| 4,934,999 Closure for a male urethra | 86 | 1988 | |
| 4,896,667 Endotracheal tube bite block | 20 | 1988 | |
| 5,002,531 Dilation catheter with an inflatable balloon | 173 | 1988 | |
| 4,973,301 Catheter and method of using same | 135 | 1989 | |
| 5,071,406 Limacon geometry balloon angioplasty catheter systems | 107 | 1989 | |
| 5,000,734 Probe intended to be introduced within a living body | 158 | 1989 | |
| 5,102,416 Vessel vector invasive catheter | 30 | 1989 | |
| 5,279,594 Intubation devices with local anesthetic effect for medical use | 135 | 1990 | |
| 5,074,840 Packing device and method of packing for endoscopic procedures | 68 | 1990 | |
| 5,176,697 Laparoscopic cannula | 126 | 1990 | |
| 5,195,970 Collapsible balloon catheters | 66 | 1991 | |
| 5,195,972 Balloon catheter assembly | 29 | 1991 | |
| 5,318,586 Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic expandable instruments | 58 | 1993 | |
| 5,304,171 Catheter devices and methods for delivering | 69 | 1993 | |
| 5,417,671 Medical devices having local anesthetic effect and methods of their manufacture | 24 | 1993 | |