Method for forming low profile balloon and low profile balloon for use with a catheter

Methods for forming low profile balloons for use with a catheter by providing a polymeric tube, removing material from the outer surface of the polymeric tube around at least one of its end portions, and inflating a region of the polymeric tube between the two end portions to form the balloon. Low p...

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1. Verfasser:	WANG CHICHENG
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:	Methods for forming low profile balloons for use with a catheter by providing a polymeric tube, removing material from the outer surface of the polymeric tube around at least one of its end portions, and inflating a region of the polymeric tube between the two end portions to form the balloon. Low profile balloons having end portions with an outer diameter below 30 mils are also disclosed.