Medical device including expandable balloon

A medical device (10, 110) includes a catheter shaft (11, 111) and can include an expandable balloon (18, 118) and a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer. One or both of the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) and the balloon (18) are made from an ir...

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Hauptverfasser:	MAGGIE A. Z. HUPCEY, THOMAS A. OSBORNE, DAVID A. DREWES JR, DAVID G. BURTON, MICHAEL C. HOFFA, SCOTT E BOATMAN, DAVID R. LESSARD
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	A medical device (10, 110) includes a catheter shaft (11, 111) and can include an expandable balloon (18, 118) and a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer. One or both of the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) and the balloon (18) are made from an irradiation cross-linked or cross-linkable mixture of a polyamide elastomer and at least one additional cross-linking reactant.