Patent ID: 8002741

Claim:
A method of making a non-compliant balloon comprising: forming a base balloon from a polymer material to form a flexible and substantially inelastic base balloon having a generally cylindrical barrel with a substantially fixed first circumference, first and second cylindrical end portions each having a proximate and distal end and a substantially fixed second circumference smaller than the first circumference and first and second transition portions each having a proximate end and a distal end, each transition portion extending from an end of the barrel to a proximate end of one of the cylindrical end portions; adhesively attaching a woven layer of substantially inelastic first fibers over the base balloon, the first fibers comprising warp and weft fibers woven in a pattern with each first fiber sequentially passing over and then under other of the first fibers in the woven layer and defining an intersect angle with the other first fibers; applying at least one outer coating over the warp and weft fibers, the coating comprising a polymeric solution; curing the outer coating to form an outer layer; folding the balloon with balloon folds on the outer surface such that the balloon may be pressurized to an inflated state having an unfolded configuration with a substantially smooth outer surface by increasing the pressure within the base balloon; and wherein the warp and weft fibers are fixed in position relative to the base balloon such that the angle at which each warp fiber intersects each weft fiber remains constant when the balloon is inflated and deflated.