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Fixed-wire dilatation catheter with rotatable balloon assembly

  • US 5,397,305 A
  • Filed: 11/30/1992
  • Issued: 03/14/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An intravascular catheter, comprising:

  • a) an elongated catheter body with an inner lumen extending therein;

    b) an expandable member freely rotatably mounted to the catheter body near its distal extremity;

    c) means for setting the interior of said expandable member in fluid communication with the inner lumen of the catheter body;

    d) a guide element supported within the catheter which extends through at least part of the interior of the expandable member and out the distal end thereof;

    e) means for preventing the loss of fluid from within the expandable member'"'"'s interior; and

    f) means for preventing longitudinal movement of the guide element relative the catheter.

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