Patents Represented by Law Firm Knobb, Marten, Olson & Bear
  • Patent number: 4958634
    Abstract: Disclosed in an angioplasty catheter comprising a catheter shaft having a distal end and at least one, and preferably two, angioplasty balloons on the distal end of the catheter shaft, wherein the distal end of the catheter and the balloons are formed from a single monolithic piece of polymer material. The distal end of the catheter may also include additional balloons formed from the same piece of polymer material. Each of the balloons is separately inflatable and deflatable by virtue of a separate lumen running through the catheter shaft to the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Inventor: G. David Jang