Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1996-08-15
1999-02-09
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
606108, A61M 2902
Patent
active
058687076
ABSTRACT:
A polymeric heat shrinkable tubular sheath for mounting about a balloon on a dilatation catheter by heat treating at a temperature which does not detrimentally effect the properties of the balloon to shrink the sheath onto the balloon. The tubular sheath is preferably heated to a temperature above body temperature, e.g. 40.degree.<100.degree. C., preferably less than 85.degree. C., to heat shrink the sheath onto the balloon. A presently preferred polymeric material is a copolymer of ethylene(75%) and methyl acrylate (25%). The heat shrinkable sheath has an inner lumen with minimum dimensions large enough to facilitate the advancement of the sheath over the exterior of a dilatation balloon without the need for a great deal of manual manipulation by the physician or other operator prior to heat shrinking.
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Howard Lawrence E.
Patel Udayan G.
Tavish Rebecca Len
Williams Kerry
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Buiz Michael
Truong Kevin
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