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Balloon catheter and stent delivery device

  • US 5,735,869 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1995
  • Issued: 04/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A balloon catheter comprising:

  • a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an elongated dilatation balloon with proximal and distal ends, said balloon being mounted on said tubular shaft in the vicinity of the distal end thereof, a first means secured on the tubular shaft for preventing expansion of balloon segments and a second means on the first means cooperating with a third means on the tubular shaft for adjustably fixing the first means on the tubular shaft at different longitudinal positions wherein the tubular shaft comprises a guidewire lumen with an entry for the guidewire distal of the balloon and an exit for the guidewire distal of the proximal end of the tubular shaft and wherein the first means for preventing expansion of balloon segments is either distal of the exit for the guidewire if said exit is proximal of the balloon or proximal of the exit for the guidewire if said exit is distal of the balloon.

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