US 12,403,290 B2
Pleated or folded catheter-mounted balloon
Dwight Skinner, New Brighton, MN (US); and Adam Tschida, Loretto, MN (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,895.
Application 18/341,895 is a continuation of application No. 17/239,017, filed on Apr. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,707,608.
Application 17/239,017 is a continuation of application No. 14/484,784, filed on Sep. 12, 2014, granted, now 10,987,494, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/877,923, filed on Sep. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338713 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61M 25/1002 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00232 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00238 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1435 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1465 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1004 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter-mounted balloon comprising:
an inflatable chamber configured to expand from a deflated state to an inflated state, the inflatable chamber having at least one pleat zone,
wherein the at least one pleat zone includes one or more pleats,
wherein the inflatable chamber defines at least one irrigation aperture configured to allow fluid to flow from within the inflatable chamber to outside the inflatable chamber when the inflatable chamber is in the inflated state, and
wherein all irrigation apertures defined by the inflatable chamber are unobstructed by the one or more pleats when the inflatable chamber is in a partially deflated state and when the inflatable chamber is in the deflated state.