Patent ID: 6955658

Claim:
A mold for forming an inflatable medical balloon having a mold body defining at least one internal mold cavity, said internal mold cavity comprising: a proximal end and a distal end along a longitudinal axis passing through said internal mold cavity; a generally cylindrical inner molding surface having a diameter; first and second generally cylindrical outer molding surfaces located respectively at said proximal end and said distal end of said internal mold cavity; and first and second taper regions located, respectively, proximally and distally of said inner molding surface, each taper region having a length approximately one-half the diameter of the cylindrical inner molding surface a first generally conical taper molding surface oriented at a first angle connecting the outer molding surface and a second generally conical taper molding surface, and the second taper molding surface oriented at a second angle connecting the first taper molding surface and the inner molding surface.