Safety cryotherapy catheter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6648879
APP PUB NO 20020045894A1
SERIAL NO

09953464

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Improved devices, systems, and methods for inhibiting hyperplasia in blood vessels provide controlled and safe cryotherapy treatment of a target portion within a body lumen of a patient. One embodiment of the cryotherapy catheter comprises a catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end with a cooling fluid supply lumen and an exhaust lumen extending therebetween. A first balloon is disposed near the distal end of the catheter body in fluid communication with the supply and exhaust lumens. A second balloon is disposed over the first balloon with a barrier therebetween.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311-1566

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burger, Keith San Francisco, CA 20 1335
Fourkas, Michael Menlo Park, CA 22 1082
Holland, Timothy Los Gatos, CA 3 322
Joye, James Monte Sereno, CA 25 4362

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