Puncture resistant balloon catheter and method of manufacturing
First Claim
1. A balloon catheter which comprises a flexible, elongated member, an inflatable balloon carried on the elongated member to define an inflation chamber within said balloon, and an inflation conduit extending along said member and communicating with the inflation chamber, said inflatable balloon defining a wall having at least three layers, said layers comprising a pair of first flexible nylon layers and a second of said layers comprising a flexible vinylic polymer having functional groups positioned between and bonded to said nylon layers, said first layers being made of a flexible material of less elasticity than the material of said second layers, one of said first layers being bonded to said elongated member, said elongated member being made of a plastic of the same chemical type as said first layer.
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Abstract
A balloon catheter comprises a flexible, elongated member, an inflatable balloon carried on the elongated member to define an inflated chamber within the balloon, and an inflation conduit extending along the member and communicating with the inflation chamber. The inflatable balloon, in turn, defines a wall which comprises at least three bonded layers. A first pair of the layers comprises a flexible plastic material which is typically a condensation polymer. A second of the layers comprises a flexible polymer which is typically a vinylic polymer which is covalently bonded to the first layers and positioned between them.
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22 Claims
- 1. A balloon catheter which comprises a flexible, elongated member, an inflatable balloon carried on the elongated member to define an inflation chamber within said balloon, and an inflation conduit extending along said member and communicating with the inflation chamber, said inflatable balloon defining a wall having at least three layers, said layers comprising a pair of first flexible nylon layers and a second of said layers comprising a flexible vinylic polymer having functional groups positioned between and bonded to said nylon layers, said first layers being made of a flexible material of less elasticity than the material of said second layers, one of said first layers being bonded to said elongated member, said elongated member being made of a plastic of the same chemical type as said first layer.
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18. A balloon catheter which comprises a flexible, elongated nylon outer catheter tube having a distal end and a flexible, elongated inner catheter body made of nylon positioned within said outer catheter tube and having a distal end portion extending distally forward of said outer catheter tube;
- an inflatable tubular balloon having proximal and distal ends, the balloon proximal end being sealed to said outer catheter body and the balloon distal end being sealed to the inner catheter body, the inflatable balloon defining a wall comprising at least three layers comprising a nylon innermost layer;
an intermediate layer made of a copolymer of a major amount of ethylene and a minor amount of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, and an outermost layer of nylon, each of the proximal and distal end seals joining a nylon layer of said balloon respectively to the outer catheter tube and the inner catheter body. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
- an inflatable tubular balloon having proximal and distal ends, the balloon proximal end being sealed to said outer catheter body and the balloon distal end being sealed to the inner catheter body, the inflatable balloon defining a wall comprising at least three layers comprising a nylon innermost layer;
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