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Rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter

  • US 5,690,642 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1996
  • Issued: 11/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter, comprising:

  • a catheter shaft defining an inflation lumen, the inflation lumen having a proximal end and a distal end;

    an inflatable balloon having a proximal end and a distal end;

    a wire guide shaft defining a wire guide lumen, the wire guide shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the wire guide shaft is proximal to the proximal end of the inflatable balloon; and

    a catheter tip having a proximal end and a distal end;

    wherein the distal end of the inflation lumen opens into and is in fluid communication with an interior of the inflatable balloon, the distal end of the inflatable balloon is sealed by the proximal end of the catheter tip, and the wire guide shaft is coupled only to the catheter tip completely distally of the distal end of the inflatable balloon.

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