Process of making a medical balloon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992817-B2
Application number	US-201213709765-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2012
Priority date	Dec 10, 2012
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter describes systems and methods of electrospinning a fiber for a variety of applications. An exemplary embodiment includes a medical device application for delivering a therapeutic agent, such as a sclerosing agent, to the walls of a blood vessel to perform sclerotherapy. A method of fabricating a medical balloon comprises charging a polymer material with an electric voltage, dispensing the charged polymeric material through a nozzle, collecting the charged polymeric material on a grounded mandrel, wherein the mandrel includes a tubular body having a plurality of openings extending through the tubular body, and forming an electrospun medical balloon defined by a body having a varied thickness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of fabricating a medical balloon, comprising:
charging a polymer material with an electric voltage;
dispensing the charged polymeric material through a nozzle;
collecting the charged polymeric material on a grounded mandrel, wherein the mandrel includes a tubular body having a plurality of openings extending through the tubular body, and
forming a first electrospun inflatable medical balloon defined by a body having a varied thickness, and
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Assignees

• Abbott Cardiovascular Systems
• Abbott Cardiovascular Systems

Inventors

• Stamberg Barbara E

Classifications

• A61B17/12136

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/00893

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B17/12031

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61L29/14

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• D01D5/0076

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic