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  • Medical device balloon
    Patent number: 8052637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices that can be placed in bodily conduits. The invention particularly relates to balloons and catheters using such balloons for administering treatments to widen constricted passages, deliver therapeutic agents, deliver endoprosthesis' or perform other medical procedures. The balloon catheter can include an expandable balloon disposed adjacent a distal end of an elongated catheter shaft. The balloon can be constructed of a novel absorbable biomaterial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Randolf von Oepen, Travis Yribarren