MEDICAL DEVICES FOR THERAPEUTIC HEAT TREATMENTS

An expandable balloon catheter having an elongate shaft having a distal end region and an expandable balloon coupled to the distal end region of the elongate shaft is disclosed. One or more cutting members are attached to the expandable balloon, wherein at least a portion of each of the one or more...

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Hauptverfasser: ANDERSON JAMES M, HAVERKOST PATRICK A, SUTERMEISTER DEREK C, WEBER JAN, WILLARD MARTIN R, KRONSTEDT JOSEPH ALAN, HANSON CASS ALEXANDER, OSTROOT TIMOTHY A
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Zusammenfassung:An expandable balloon catheter having an elongate shaft having a distal end region and an expandable balloon coupled to the distal end region of the elongate shaft is disclosed. One or more cutting members are attached to the expandable balloon, wherein at least a portion of each of the one or more cutting members comprises a Curie material having a Curie temperature between 60° and 400° Celsius.