Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Patent
1991-03-05
1992-08-25
Yasko, John D.
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
604 99, A61M 2902
Patent
active
051415186
ABSTRACT:
An angioplasty catheter having a tube with a balloon-like member connected to the tube at the distal end thereof and a guidewire removably insertable within the lumen and capable of engaging the end of the catheter within the vicinity of the balloon-like member, the guidewire and the lumen being in close-fitting relationship such that there is insufficient space around the guidewire to allow inflation or deflation of the balloon-like member in a reasonable amount of time with the inserted guidewire.
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Callister Jeffrey P.
Hess Robert L.
Cermak Adam J.
Progressive Angioplasty Systems, Inc.
Yasko John D.
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