US 12,263,318 B2
Reinforced balloon catheter
Joseph Gulachenski, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Cathy Lei, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Nelson Peralta, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); and Tadele Haile Wolde-Meskel, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to MicroVention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by MicroVention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,747.
Application 17/192,747 is a continuation of application No. 15/848,309, filed on Dec. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,967,156.
Application 15/848,309 is a continuation of application No. 13/405,113, filed on Feb. 24, 2012, granted, now 9,884,172, issued on Feb. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/446,879, filed on Feb. 25, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0187255 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/1036 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/1006 (2013.01); A61M 25/1034 (2013.01); A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1061 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1077 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1079 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1093 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a balloon catheter comprising:
obtaining an elongated catheter tube assembly having an exterior surface;
placing a first mandrel on the exterior surface of the elongated catheter tube assembly;
attaching a distal portion of a balloon to the exterior surface of the elongated catheter tube assembly over the first mandrel creating a channel having a length formed entirely and directly between the exterior surface of the elongated catheter tube assembly and between the distal portion of the balloon.