CPC A61B 17/320725 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22014 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22061 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1093 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A scoring balloon catheter comprising: a shaft; an inflatable balloon mounted at a distal region of the shaft;
a handle mounted at a proximal region of the shaft;
a hub including a spring, said hub mounted at the distal end of the handle with said spring coaxial with the shaft;
at least one scoring wire having: a fixed distal end mounted on the shaft between a distal end of the shaft and the inflatable balloon;
intermediate portions longitudinally tracing the outside of the balloon; and a proximal end welded to the spring; and
a hub cover circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the hub and the spring, said hub cover connected at a distal end to the shaft and at a proximal end to the handle.
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