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7632242 Catheter including a compliant balloon  
A catheter having an elongate shaft including a plurality of apertures disposed along at least a length of the shaft to facilitate bending. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon, wherein a...
7628769 Catheter having overlapping stiffening members  
Catheter including an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a guidewire lumen along at least a portion of the elongate main...
7625353 Catheter having first and second guidewire tubes and overlapping stiffening members  
The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a first guidewire lumen and a second guidewire...
7488304 Covered hypotube to distal port bond  
A catheter assembly and method for constructing same comprises engagement of a proximal tubular member to a distal outer tubular member. At least a portion of the exterior surface of the proximal...
7351214 Steerable balloon catheter  
A steerable balloon catheter including a balloon catheter supported by a steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip. The guidewire comprises a longitudinal hypotube and a spring coil...
7294124 Hypotube with improved strain relief  
A hypotube for an intravenous catheter device is disclosed which includes a tubular shaft having a tubular wall defining a lumen. The shaft includes a main section integrally connected to a distal...
7285109 Device and method for collapsing an angioplasty balloon  
A device for collapsing a balloon in the vasculature of a patient after an angioplasty procedure includes a balloon and at least one elastomeric member that is attached to the inner surface of the...
7273471 Catheter balloon having a porous layer with ridges  
A balloon catheter having a balloon with a porous polymer layer and one or more filamentary members which are on or in the porous polymer layer and which form ridges protruding outwardly from a...
7252650 Balloon catheter  
The present invention relates to a balloon portion for a balloon catheter for radially expanding a vessel in the body of a mammal, which catheter comprises a tube portion with a passage...
7232432 Particle-removing medical device and method  
A particle-removing medical device includes an outer, hollow tube having a tube distal end and a porous braided structure having a distal part and a proximal part. Structure, housed within the tube...
7195611 Rapid exchange balloon catheter having a reinforced inner tubular member  
A balloon catheter including an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with a balloon on the distal shaft section, the...
7189215 Catheter with full-length core wire shaft for core wire interchangeability  
A catheter to be used without a guidewire which includes a support wire shaft formed of metal, a balloon mounted on a distal portion of the catheter, and an inflation shaft for inflating the...
7179345 Inflatable balloon catheter seal and method  
An improved balloon catheter seal which may be used for attaching an inflatable balloon to a catheter body, especially when the balloon and catheter body are formed from dissimilar materials. The...
7172796 Balloon catheter  
A balloon catheter includes a long-sized body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the body internally having at least one lumen, and a balloon made from a composite material composed...
7087039 Perfusion balloon angioplasty catheter  
A balloon angioplasty catheter having a balloon head assembly carried at the distal end of an elongated catheter body. The balloon head assembly includes an inflatable balloon envelope and a...
7026026 Balloons made from liquid crystal polymer blends  
Balloons for use on medical devices such as catheter balloons are formed from polymer blend products which include a liquid crystal polymer (LCP), a crystallizable thermoplastic polymer, especially...
7022106 Catheter having enhanced distal pushability  
Apparatus for enhancing pushability and minimizing kinking of a balloon catheter is provided, wherein a catheter comprises inner and outer tubes, and a balloon that is proximally affixed to the...
7001420 Coil reinforced multilayered inner tubular member for a balloon catheter  
A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tubular member with at least a section having a lubricious inner layer defining the guidewire lumen, a coiled support member at least...
6991626 Polymer jacket with adhesive inner layer  
The invention is an elongate intracorporeal member having a polymer jacket secured to a high strength shaft with the polymer jacket having an outer layer of polymeric material and an inner layer...
6977103 Dimensionally stable balloons  
An inflatable medical balloon comprises a polymer matrix material and a plurality of fibers distributed in the matrix material. The plurality of fibers operatively adhere to the matrix material and...
6966891 Catheter  
A catheter includes a sheath main body portion, a first lumen, a sheath distal end portion, and a second lumen. The sheath main body portion is inserted into an organism. The first lumen is a...
6960222 Catheter having a funnel-shaped occlusion balloon of uniform thickness and methods of manufacture  
Methods and apparatus are provided for removing emboli during an angioplasty, stenting or surgical procedure comprising a catheter having a funnel-shaped occlusion balloon of uniform thickness...
6923788 Catheter having a low-friction guidewire lumen and method of manufacture  
A catheter shaft for a catheter includes a centrally-located guidewire lumen. A body portion of the catheter shaft includes arc-shaped nodes that define a guidewire track within the guidewire...
6746425 Medical balloon  
The present invention is directed to a non-compliant medical balloon suitable for angioplasty and other medical procedures and which integrally includes very thin inelastic fibers having high...
6733487 Balloon catheter with distal guide wire lumen  
An over-the-wire balloon dilatation catheter has a stainless steel hypotube catheter shaft, an intermediate sleeve section bonded to the shaft and a distal balloon section connected to the sleeve...
6695812 Catheter with enhanced flexibility  
A balloon catheter system generally having an elongated catheter shaft with enhanced flexibility to facilitate more distal advancement within a patient's body lumen. The catheter shaft has a...
6695863 Sheath for an adjustable length balloon  
A dilatation catheter assembly which has a dilatation catheter with a sheath mounted on the catheter shaft having an inner lumen extending in the distal portion of the sheath which is configured to...
6685720 Catheter having improved shaped retention  
A catheter for use in a body vessel includes a relatively stiff proximal shaft that is shaped as a tube formed with a lumen and having a proximal end and a distal end. Further, the catheter...
6663648 Balloon catheter with floating stiffener, and procedure  
A balloon dilatation catheter has a relatively stiff and strong proximal cannula made of a material such as for example metal hypotubing. The distal end of the catheter includes an inflatable...
6629951 Devices for creating collateral in the lungs  
The devices and methods disclosed herein are directed to altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of, for instance, an individual having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
6629952 High pressure vascular balloon catheter  
The present invention relates to a high pressure vascular balloon catheter wherein the walls of the tube attached to the balloon-forming segment are reinforced with a braided ribbon member. The...
6616651 Intravascular microcatheter with embedded helical coil reinforcement member and methods and apparatus for making same  
A unitary intravascular microcatheter with a continuous embedded helical coil reinforcement member and a method for making same are provided. Multiple catheters are manufactured from a continuous...
6602270 Reduced size intra-aortic balloon catheter  
A reduced size IAB catheter system comprising an IAB catheter disposed within a tube serving both as a insertion sheath and as a reinforcement tube. The tube is preferably disposed about the entire...
6503244 High pressure injection system  
A catheter and system for delivering viscous fluid, under high pressures, into the vasculature of a patient includes a catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, a reinforcing member...
6503353 Method for making a catheter  
An intravascular catheter ( 10,110 ) having an elongated tubular body with a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lumen extending therebetween. The tubular body is formed with polymeric...
6500147 Flexible catheter  
A balloon catheter having improved flexibility in and about its distal end is provided. The flexibility of the catheter is determined in part by improving the properties of a wire or catheter...
6475187 Convertible catheter incorporating distal force transfer mechanism  
A method and apparatus for increasing the force transmission from a core wire to a more proximal portion of the catheter, and for directly providing column support at or near the side port of a...
6413235 Protective device against embolization in carotid angioplasty  
A protective device against embolization is provided for use in angioplasty of the carotid artery comprising a guide catheter that forms a lumen, and a tubular member axially movable in the lumen...
6355016 Catheter core wire  
Disclosed herein is an improved core wire for use in a medical catheter. In one aspect, a tapering core wire is incorporated into the distal end of a catheter. The catheter has a tubular body. Both...
6315757 Braided body balloon catheter  
This is a balloon catheter having braided layer which extends generally from the proximal end of the catheter to a location distal of the balloon. In particular, it is desirable that the shaft of...
6190358 Reinforced rapid exchange balloon catheter  
The invention is a dilation catheter which comprises an elongated catheter shaft, a guide wire tube, and an angioplasty balloon. The distal end of the balloon is attached to the distal portion of...
6171279 Over-the-wire dilatation catheter  
The present invention relates to an "over-the-wire" dilatation catheter of the type comprising a flexible tubular body having a distal part, an intermediate part and a proximal part. According to...
6099497 Dilatation and stent delivery system for bifurcation lesions  
The present invention provides a dilatation and stent delivery device which tracks over two guidewires. One guidewire is disposed in each branch vessel of a bifurcation. The present invention...
5997487 Infusion wire having fixed core wire  
An infusion wire that can be used either as a guidewire or an infusion catheter having a tapered core wire within an infusion lumen formed of the aligned lumens of the conduit of a proximal...
5961490 Balloon perfusion catheter  
Catheter for use in catheter procedures. The catheter includes a balloon carried at the distal end of an elongate shaft. A mechanism is included for providing a generally open perfusion passage...
5891090 Perfusion dilatation catheter with expanded support coil  
A balloon dilatation catheter having perfusion capabilities with an expanded helical support coil within the perfusion portion of the catheter shaft proximal to the balloon with the perfusion ports...
5882347 Catheter with internal stiffening ridges  
A medical catheter comprising an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within a lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes ridges which...
5843092 Balloon catheter and stent delivery device  
The balloon catheter comprises a shaft with an elongated dilatation balloon mounted in the vicinity of the distal end thereof. Member for preventing expansion of balloon segments are mounted on...
5823995 Dilatation catheter with stiffening wire anchored in the vicinity of the guide wire port  
A balloon dilatation catheter comprising an elongated tubular shaft and an inner tube defining inflation and guide wire lumens. A dilatation balloon is mounted on the distal end of the tubular...
5820613 Balloon catheter with reinforced and elastically deformable basic body  
The balloon catheter comprises a tube-like basic body having a distal end-section in which a balloon member is arranged. The inside of the balloon member is connected, via a lumen in the basic...
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