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Method and inflatable chamber apparatus for separating layers of tissue

  • US 5,925,058 A
  • Filed: 06/18/1997
  • Issued: 07/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dissection balloon, including:

  • a mouth portion;

    a distal portion shaped so that inflation of the dissection balloon when the distal portion is between two tissue layers dissects said tissue layers;

    a neck portion between the mouth portion and the distal portion; and

    a substantially transparent viewing window provided at the distal portion, wherein the distal portion defines an opening, and the viewing window is attached to the distal portion of the dissection balloon over the opening, the viewing window has a grooved side wall, and the grooved side wall is glued to the distal portion of the dissection balloon.

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