Patent ID: 9592119
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M,B29C,B29L

Claim:
1. An inflatable medical device comprising: a balloon comprising a constant-diameter section disposed between proximal and distal tapered sections arranged longitudinally along a longitudinal axis; the balloon comprising a wall comprising a first layer extending over the constant-diameter section and the proximal and distal tapered sections, the first layer comprising a group of reinforcement fibers, each reinforcement fiber in the group of reinforcement fibers extending in the constant-diameter section and the proximal or distal tapered sections; wherein each fiber in the group of reinforcement fibers is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis and has a length less than 75% of a distance from a proximal end to a distal end of the balloon; and wherein the group of reinforcement fibers comprises a first fiber and a second fiber arranged and configured within the wall such that a tensile load applied to the balloon transfers from the first fiber to the second fiber within the constant diameter section as a shearing load.