Patent ID: 8609016
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an expandable balloon for a medical device, the method comprising the steps of: providing a balloon preform; placing said balloon preform in a first mold form, the first mold form having an interior cavity wherein a radial cross-section of the interior cavity of the first mold form is defined by a first perimeter; radially expanding said balloon preform in said first mold form at a temperature, T placing said pre-formed balloon in a second mold form, the second mold form having an interior cavity wherein a radial cross-section of the interior cavity of the second mold form is defined by a second perimeter which is larger than the first perimeter of the first mold form; radially expanding said pre-formed balloon in the second mold form at a temperature, T