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Balloon sheath

  • US 5,843,027 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1996
  • Issued: 12/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of sizing a stent to an interior body lumen, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a tubular balloon sheath;

    inserting the balloon sheath coaxially between a dilatation balloon and a tubular stent; and

    inflating the inflation balloon within the sheath so that the sheath constrains the dilatation balloon to a relatively noncompliant inflation profile.

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