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	Datascope - Cardiac Assist Products - Balloon Catheters
		Smaller is better for the patient, potentially reducing vascular complications.
		This Reduced size enables clinicians to deliver counterpulsation therapy to a broader range of patient, including those with smaller peripheral vasculature.
		A giant step forward in IAB catheter technology.
	www.datascope.com /ca/balloon_catheters.html (129 words)

	Balloon catheter - Patent 5352199
		The catheter includes a transaxially expandable dilation element consisting essentially of a distensible membrane attached thereto in fluid communication with a lumen for inflation, the element defining a chamber that is expanded by fluid transferred therein via the lumen.
		The balloon is formed into the desired shape by blow-molding, or otherwise, and it is attached to a catheter in fluid communication with a lumen thereof.
		To use the device, the catheter 110 with the balloon 114 deflated is inserted by known techniques and positioned in a valve orifice, between valve leaflets 112, 112.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5352199.html (1869 words)

	U.S. Patent: 5531689 - Innerless dilatation balloon catheter - July 2, 1996
		The present invention is an "innerless" balloon catheter which uses a combination of resistance to fluid flow past a guide wire and a fluid pressure responsive valve to control fluid flow during inflation and deflation of the balloon.
		However, in an "innerless" catheter in which the guide wire extends through the same lumen which is used for inflation/deflation of the balloon, a control of fluid flow between the catheter and the patient's body is at least desirable, if not necessary in order to achieve reliable inflation and deflation of the balloon.
		Balloon 11, which is preferably a polymer material such as polyolefin, has a proximal or waist segment 21, a distensible balloon segment 22 and a small diameter distal segment 23.
	www.everypatent.com /comp/pat5531689.html (2421 words)

	Angioplasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Once in position, the balloon is inflated using high hydraulic pressure so as to force the narrowed vessel lumen to expand, pushing the lesion producing the narrowing outwards.
		The balloon may also include a stent (compressed over the balloon before expansion) or be followed by a stent/balloon combination so that the expanded stent is left within the previously narrowed lumen to mechanically support patency of the vessel lumen.
		When the balloon is hydraulically inflated, it compresses the atheromatous plaque and stretches the artery wall to expand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angioplasty (1328 words)

	Pulmonary artery catheter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pulmonary artery catheter is frequently referred to as a Swan-Ganz catheter, in honor of its inventors Jeremy Swan and William Ganz, from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
		The catheter is introduced through a large vein—often the internal jugular, subclavian, or femoral veins.
		The standard pulmonary artery catheter is equipped with an inflatable balloon at the tip, which facilitates its placement into the pulmonary artery through the flow of blood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swan-Ganz_catheter (529 words)

	Angioplasty - My Child Has - Children's Hospital Boston
		Angioplasty is a therapeutic interventional radiologic technique in which a narrowed artery or vein is enlarged with the use of a balloon angioplasty catheter or a small metal stent (mesh tube).
		Children's Hospital Boston is equipped with state-of-the-art angiographic equipment and all of the necessary hemodynamic monitors, catheters and stents required for angioplasty of pediatric vessels.
		Balloon and stent angioplasty are widely used techniques which have been proven safe and effective in treatment of blood vessel obstructions.
	www.childrenshospital.org /az/Site546/mainpageS546P0.html (686 words)

	Adapter for inflating balloon catheter - Patent 4205683
		An adapter for use with a coaxial activating syringe balloon catheter assembly is provided with a simplified slide valve which permits a precise amount of fluid to be introduced into the balloon and held therein.
		In the use of Foley or Balloon catheters, it is often desired to use a fluid or CO.sub.2 rather than air for inflating the balloon.
		In the embodiment described and shown herein, a hollow adapter is slidably carried upon the distal portion of the elongated body of a balloon catheter assembly.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4205683.html (1401 words)

	Gale-Edit - How Products are Made - Volumes - Angioplasty Balloon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An angioplasty balloon is a medical device that is inserted into a clogged artery and inflated to clear blockage and allow blood to flow.
		This catheter is about the width of a pencil lead, and the length of the balloon itself corresponds to the length of the affected section of artery—usually less than an inch.
		A balloon catheter for opening the iliac artery (at the top of the leg) was developed in 1973 by a Dr. Porstmann.
	www.gale-edit.com /products/volumes/balloon.htm (1885 words)

	Balloon Angioplasty - Swedish MC, Seattle, Washington, WA
		Balloon angioplasty is a procedure that will allow your doctor to widen coronary arteries (the arteries of your heart) that have become narrow.
		The balloon is then filled with air to widen the artery and improve blood flow to the heart.
		Once the balloon is in place, it is filled with air for several seconds, causing it to press the plaque buildup against the artery walls.
	www.swedish.org /1677.cfm (603 words)

	Newswise Medical News \| Sinus Balloon Catheter Technology Found Safe, Effective in New Study
		The sinus balloon catheter, similar in concept to technology found in cardiology, urology, and vascular surgery, is gradually inflated to gently restructure the previously blocked nasal passage, maintaining the integrity of the sinus lining and restoring normal sinus drainage and function.
		A multi-center, non-randomized, prospective evaluation of sinusotomy (opening a closed sinus) using balloon catheter devices was conducted in patients for whom endoscopic sinus surgery was recommended, and who had consented to endoscopic surgery, and accepted treatment with balloon sinus catheter devices.
		Balloon catheter technology appears to be a safe, effective and minimally invasive treatment option to relieve sinus ostial obstruction.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/523415 (1118 words)

	Balloon Dilation Treatment of Phimosis in Boys
		The balloon dilation technique for treating phimosis in boys includes a balloon catheter, an inflator, a valve clip and two curved retractors, which are all made of disposable plastics.
		Balloon dilation treatment is indicated for boy patients with a constricted preputial orifice impeding retraction of the prepuce over the glans penis and/or a history of either urinary tract infection, frequent micturition or bradyuria due to phimosis before the age of three years.
		The balloon was inflated gradually, and the tip of the foreskin was adjusted to the middle part of the balloon, which was further inflated until the balloon waist disappeared or the preputial orifice was about 3-5mm greater than the maximal diameter of the glans penis.
	www.cirp.org /library/treatment/phimosis/he-zhou (1200 words)

	Catheter-Based Heart Procedures
		Once in place, the balloon is inflated to compress the fatty matter into the artery wall and stretch the artery open to increase blood flow through the blood vessel.
		Balloon valvuloplasty- A balloon catheter with a small balloon tip is inflated to increase blood flow through one of heart’s valves.
		Catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias – The destruction of tissue that causes arrhythmias or irregular heart beats, so that a normal heart beat can be restored.
	www.mpmhealth.com /bodyheart.cfm?id=926 (265 words)

	Balloon catheter, (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The catheter is made of flexible radiopaque polyurethane with latex balloon and has an inside, removable steel mandrin for difficult vessel constitution.
		The catheter is distal open and has at proximal a sideport with flexible line for balloon filling.
		The biliary catheter with lengths of 23 to 40 cm is used to remove biliary stones and ductal debries intraoperatively.
	www.intra-online.de /robots/seite_uk_10.html (224 words)

	Balloon Angioplasty and Stents - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
		Once the catheter reaches the blocked artery, a harmless dye is injected, and the doctor will take a picture of the coronary arteries (called a coronary angiogram).
		When the catheter is positioned at the blockage, the balloon is inflated, expanding the stent.
		The catheter, guidewire, and deflated balloon are then removed, leaving the stent behind to hold the artery open.
	texasheart.org /HIC/Topics/Proced/angioplasty.cfm (1401 words)

	Balloon valvuloplasty
		Balloon valvuloplasty is performed on children and adults to improve valve function and blood flow by enlarging the valve opening.
		Balloon valvuloplasty is a procedure in which a thin tube (catheter) that has a small deflated balloon at the tip is inserted through the skin in the groin area into a blood vessel, and then is threaded up to the opening of the narrowed heart valve.
		After balloon valvuloplasty, the patient is sent to the recovery room for several hours, where he or she is monitored for vital signs (such as pulse and breathing) and heart sounds.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/balloon_valvuloplasty.jsp (801 words)

	Sinus Balloon Catheter Technology Found Safe, Effective In New Study
		Thereafter, the catheter was removed and the dilated ostium was inspected endoscopically.
		The researchers suggest that balloon catheter treatment of the sinuses, in its current form, is not appropriate for all sinusitis patients.
		The sinus balloon catheter tools were effective in dilating sinus ostia and achieved a durable result accompanied by a reduction in patient sinus symptoms.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=52639 (1160 words)

	Angioplasty
		Cardiac catheterization (cath) is a specialized study of the heart during which a catheter or thin hollow flexible tube is inserted into the artery of the groin or arm.
		The tip of the catheter is directed or controlled when the cardiologist gently advances and rotates the end of the catheter that sits outside the patient.
		The duration is dependent upon the technical difficulty of the case and the number of balloon catheters that have to be employed.
	www.heartsite.com /html/ptca.html (1708 words)

	Balloon Angioplasty - Page 1
		The goal of balloon angioplasty is to push the fatty plaque back against the artery wall to make more room for blood to flow through the artery.
		Balloon angioplasty may also be used as treatment for a heart attack in some emergency facilities.
		It begins with the physician using a local anesthetic to numb a specific area of the patient’s body – usually the upper thigh or groin area where the femoral artery is located.
	heart.healthcentersonline.com /balloonangioplasty/balloonangioplasty.cfm (388 words)

	Stents
		It is mounted on a balloon catheter in a "crimped" or collapsed state.
		Firstly, the opening created by the procedure is not very smooth because the balloon does not evenly expand all areas that have different degress of hardness (atheroma is soft, plaques are hard and mixture of the two have a medium and uneven degree of hardness).
		A stent is a metal "mesh" that is mounted on an angioplasty balloon.
	www.heartsite.com /html/stent.html (1978 words)

	Letter to the Editor: Balloon Sinuplasty
		At the conclusion of the operation, a sinus balloon catheter was placed into the sinusostomy to widen it further and remove bone spicules.
		All components of the standard endoscopic sinusostomy have been performed with the only addition being use of a balloon catheter to complement the forceps and microdebrider.
		Should the balloon catheter be used to facilitate creation of a frontal sinusostomy using a technique different than the standard surgical approach, say using fluoroscopy for catheter guidance, then the procedure should be reported as 31299 Unlisted procedure, accessory sinuses.
	www.entlink.net /press/bulletin/Balloon_Response.cfm (189 words)

	Balloon catheter patent invention
		A catheter arrangement is described that is arranged to permit a guide wire or other structure to be fed laterally from the region of an expandable working element.
		[0011] In one specific embodiment, the method includes mounting the proximal end of the balloon element to a distal portion of an elongated shaft of the catheter device such the inflation passage of the balloon element is in flow communication with an inflation lumen of the catheter elongated shaft.
		By way of example, when balloons are used as the inflatable members, the channel may be formed by attaching portions of the balloons together using adhesives, welding or adding a sleeve to define the channel.
	www.freshpatents.com /Balloon-catheter-dt20070118ptan20070016241.php (2378 words)

	INOUE-BALLOON CATHETER
		The Inoue-Balloon Catheter is indicated for Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy in patients with hemodynamically significant mitral valvular stenosis resulting primarily from commissural fusion of the mitral valve cusps.
		After initial catheter introduction, do not disconnect or reconnect the metal hubs from each other or the "W" connector unless the guidewire is in place and fully protrudes from the catheter tip.
		Failure of the catheter to traverse the stenotic valve orifice.
	www.torayusa.com /medical/da.htm (1194 words)

	Inamed, a division of Allergan: Products: Obesity Solutions (US Clinicians)
		The BioEnterics® Gastric Balloon Suction Catheter is an accessory used for suction/decompression of the stomach, pouch identification/sizing and irrigation during gastric and bariatric surgical procedures.
		The catheter provides visible and tactile delineation of the atrium of the stomach along with the ability to decompress the stomach, drain and remove gastric fluid and size a gastric pouch.
		The dual silicone lumen Gastric Balloon Suction Catheter utilizes one lumen for drainage, suction and irrigation and the second lumen to inflate/deflate the fixation/calibration balloon.
	www.allerganandinamed.com /products/obesity/us/clinician/gbsc/prodinfo.aspx (336 words)

	Highlights: Balloon Catheter Helps Patients with Watery Eyes - New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
		Until recently, the 50,000 adults in the United States who have sought relief each year for the severe form of this condition, called epiphora, have undergone a one hour surgical operation involving an incision in the side of the nose and the insertion of silicone tubes to reroute the tears.
		Once in position, the "balloon" part of the catheter is expanded to widen the obstructed tube.
		To treat total obstruction, the surgeon, instead of widening the tear duct, uses the balloon catheter to create a hole in the bony wall of the nose so that tear flow is rerouted.
	www.nyee.edu /balloon-catheter.html?print=1 (566 words)

	CardioFocus, Inc.
		A disposable multi-lumen catheter equipped with an inflatable balloon at its distal end is specially shaped to reside in the pulmonary vein orifice.
		It is inserted into the Balloon Catheter at the beginning of the procedure and advanced until its tip is located at the proximal end of the balloon.
		During use of the catheter, the Balloon Cooling Console provides the energy to circulate sterile fluid through the catheter's balloon as well as the pumping force necessary to inflate and deflate the balloon on command.
	www.cardiofocus.com /tech.htm (352 words)

	Rat carotid artery dilation by PTCA balloon catheter induces neointima formation in presence of IEL rupture -- Indolfi ...
		Balloon injury caused a homogeneous formation of neointima with no IEL rupture when the 2-Fr Fogarty balloon is used (B).
		B: balloon dilation denuded the endothelial surface in correspondence with the IEL rupture (indicated by arrow above), where it is evident the endothelial loss demonstrated by the absence of positive CD34 cells (bottom).
		induced by the Fogarty catheter and by the PTCA balloon catheter
	ajpheart.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/283/2/H760 (4719 words)

	Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The vaginal portion of the cervix was exposed with a sterile speculum and cleansed with the antiseptic chloroxynelol (Dettol®).
		This distal end was folded and taped to the inner thigh of the patient to prevent the catheter from dangling in-between the thighs, as she was allowed unrestricted activity.
		After the catheter balloon is inflated, a variable time period is allowed for spontaneous expulsion, adequate ripening or the establishment of labour depending on the outcome measure used by the authors.
	www.bioline.org.br /request?rh02040 (2214 words)

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