Patent ID: 7331933
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A balloon catheter, comprising: a) an elongated shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen; b) a balloon on a distal section of the elongated shaft having an uninflated configuration, an inflated configuration, an interior in fluid communication with the at least one lumen and having at least one skirt section, the skirt section having a circumference around which the skirt section is bonded to the shaft in the inflated and uninflated configurations; and c) a compression member fitted about a portion of the at least one skirt section so as to compress said skirt section against said elongated shaft such that the compression member has an outer diameter not greater than an outer diameter of said skirt section immediately adjacent to said compression member to secure the at least one balloon skirt section to a portion of the elongated shaft without said portion of the skirt section having a reduced inner diameter.