18973771. CUTTING BALLOON CATHETER WITH FLEXIBLE CUTTING BLADES (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.)
CUTTING BALLOON CATHETER WITH FLEXIBLE CUTTING BLADES
Organization Name
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Inventor(s)
Richard Gunderson of Saint Paul MN US
Joseph Zielinski of Corcoran MN US
CUTTING BALLOON CATHETER WITH FLEXIBLE CUTTING BLADES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18973771 titled 'CUTTING BALLOON CATHETER WITH FLEXIBLE CUTTING BLADES
Original Abstract Submitted
A cutting balloon catheter including a balloon mounted on a distal portion of a catheter shaft. The balloon includes a cutting member mounted on an exterior surface of the balloon which includes one or more features for providing the cutting member with enhanced flexibility for navigating tortuous anatomy and more closely conforms to the expansion characteristics of the balloon to which the cutting member is mounted.