Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Kissing balloons
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Application No.: US17275347Application Date: 2019-09-09
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Publication No.: US11832827B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: Henri Lorenzo Frederik Brom , Tjeerd Homsma
- Applicant: CAR HOLDING B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Maastricht
- Assignee: CAR HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee: CAR HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Maastricht
- Agency: Hudak, Shunk & Farine Co. LPA
- Priority: NL 21601 2018.09.11
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/073986 2019.09.09
- International Announcement: WO2020/053144A 2020.03.19
- Date entered country: 2021-03-11
- Main IPC: A61B17/12
- IPC: A61B17/12 ; A61M25/10 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
An arrangement for implementing kissing balloons simulating a bifurcated vessel, including a first catheter having a first inflatable balloon, a second catheter having a second inflatable balloon, wherein the first balloon includes a holding element that is adapted to receive and hold a distal end of the second balloon and upon inflation of the first balloon and the second balloon to allow formation of a kissing surface between respective facing surfaces of the first balloon and the second balloon inside the holding element, wherein the holding element is designed and connected to the first balloon to prevent the distal end of the second balloon from passing through the holding element. A kit including the arrangement for implementing kissing balloons and a method of manufacturing the arrangement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220096092A1 KISSING BALLOONS Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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