USRE32983E - Balloon and manufacture thereof - Google Patents
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- USRE32983E USRE32983E US06/914,108 US91410886A USRE32983E US RE32983 E USRE32983 E US RE32983E US 91410886 A US91410886 A US 91410886A US RE32983 E USRE32983 E US RE32983E
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
- A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
- A61M25/1027—Making of balloon catheters
- A61M25/1029—Production methods of the balloon members, e.g. blow-moulding, extruding, deposition or by wrapping a plurality of layers of balloon material around a mandril
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
- Y10T428/13—Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
- Y10T428/1352—Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic]
- Y10T428/1397—Single layer [continuous layer]
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
- Y10T428/31504—Composite [nonstructural laminate]
- Y10T428/31786—Of polyester [e.g., alkyd, etc.]
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US06/914,108 USRE32983E (en) | 1983-07-05 | 1986-10-01 | Balloon and manufacture thereof |
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US06/510,812 US4490421A (en) | 1983-07-05 | 1983-07-05 | Balloon and manufacture thereof |
US06/914,108 USRE32983E (en) | 1983-07-05 | 1986-10-01 | Balloon and manufacture thereof |
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US06/510,812 Reissue US4490421A (en) | 1983-07-05 | 1983-07-05 | Balloon and manufacture thereof |
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US07/287,234 Division USRE33561E (en) | 1983-07-05 | 1988-12-21 | Balloon and manufacture thereof |
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USRE32983E true USRE32983E (en) | 1989-07-11 |
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US06/914,108 Expired - Lifetime USRE32983E (en) | 1983-07-05 | 1986-10-01 | Balloon and manufacture thereof |
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