Apparatus for forming medical device balloons

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7465164
APP PUB NO 20080050462A1
SERIAL NO

11849913

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Medical device balloons are formed from a tubular parison by a process or apparatus which establishes a controlled location (initiation zone) on the parison where radial expansion is initiated. Initiation within the initiation zone is achieved by heating the parison in that location to a higher temperature than the remainder of the parison for at least a portion of the blowing time. A variety of apparatus configurations are provided, some of which allow for the size and location of the initiation zone to be readily reconfigured. Balloons can also be modified, post-blowing, using heating apparatus and methods described.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCMAPLE GROVE MN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ali, Afsar Maple Grove, MN 21 422
Dunn, Richard Brooklyn Park, MN 24 289
Hoang, Nam H Minneapolis, MN 4 255
Holman, Thomas J Minneapolis, MN 166 10469
Lindquist, Jeffrey S Maple Grove, MN 83 1981
Parsons, David Princeton, MN 61 762
Schewe, Scott Eden Prairie, MN 49 1614
Silberg, Kevin Big Lake, MN 7 61
Zhang, Ken Xiao Kang Maple Grove, MN 10 62

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