METHOD OF BONDING A DILATION ELEMENT TO A SURFACE OF AN ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON

A balloon catheter with dilation elements and method of fabricating thereof is provided that may be used to dilate and/or cut hardened regions of a body vessel. The balloon catheter is provided with dilation elements that extend along a surface of a balloon. One or both ends of the dilation element...

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Hauptverfasser:	ROBERTS KIMBERLY D, SCHAEFFER DARIN G
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A balloon catheter with dilation elements and method of fabricating thereof is provided that may be used to dilate and/or cut hardened regions of a body vessel. The balloon catheter is provided with dilation elements that extend along a surface of a balloon. One or both ends of the dilation element is inserted through corresponding apertures formed in the balloon neck. After inserting the one or both ends through the corresponding apertures, the ends are bonded into the material of the catheter shaft and the balloon.