Catheter balloon with ultrasonic microscalpel blades

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/22 (2006.01) A61M 29/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2488870

The present invention provides a catheter balloon, and balloon catheter incorporating the catheter balloon, useful in medical dilation procedures. The catheter balloon includes at least one microscalpel operatively disposed on an outer surface thereof. The microscalpel may advantageously be operatively disposed relative to a power source so as to be controllably activatable. Also provided are methods of making the inventive balloon and/or catheter as well as methods of using the inventive catheter in a dilation/incising treatment.

L'invention concerne un ballonnet de cathéter et un cathéter incorporant ce ballonnet, utile dans des procédures médicales de dilatation. Le ballonnet de cathéter comporte au moins une lame de microscalpel disposée, de façon opératoire, sur une surface extérieure du ballonnet. Le microscalpel peut être avantageusement positionné, de façon opératoire, par rapport à une source d'énergie de façon à pouvoir être activé de façon maîtrisable. L'invention concerne aussi des procédés de fabrication de ce ballonnet et/ou du cathéter ainsi que des méthodes d'utilisation de ce cathéter dans des traitements d'incision/dilatation.

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