Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conformable balloon devices and methods
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Application No.: US14209711Application Date: 2014-03-13
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Publication No.: US09669194B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Carey V. Campbell , Matthew E. Maulding , Benjamin M. Trapp
- Applicant: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DE Newark
- Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Newark
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
- Main IPC: A61M25/10
- IPC: A61M25/10 ; A61F2/958 ; A61F2/82

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed toward a semi-compliant to non-compliant, conformable balloon useful in medical applications. Conformable balloons of the present disclosure exhibit a low or insignificant straightening force when in a curved configuration and at inflation pressures greater than 4 atm. Balloons of the present disclosure are constructed of material that can compress along an inner length when the balloon is in a curved configuration. In further embodiments, balloons of the present disclosure can be constructed of material that sufficiently elongates along an outer arc when the balloon is in a curved configuration. As a result, medical balloons, in accordance with the present disclosure, when inflated in a curved configuration, exhibit kink-free configurations and do not cause a significant degree of vessel straightening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140276406A1 CONFORMABLE BALLOON DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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