Coextruded balloon and method of making same

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1997-02-28

1998-06-23

Yasko, John D.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604 49, 606194, A61M 2900

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057698171

ABSTRACT:
An expander member for a balloon catheter to be used in stent delivery applications comprises a double-walled tubular member that is adapted for attachment to a distal end portion of an elongated, flexible, tubular catheter body. The outer wall is preferably a polyamide, such as Nylon-12, and the inner wall is PET. By properly controlling the percentage of the polyamide relative to the PET content, the distension characteristics of the resulting expander member can be tailored to fall in a range less than 15 percent. The outer Nylon-12 layer provides the expander member with high abrasion resistance. By appropriately temperature annealing the expander member, any tendency toward winging upon deflation thereof is reduced.

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