| US 7,510,523 B2 | ||
| Method for fixing one of balloon and tubular member, and medical equipment | ||
| Toshio Sakamoto, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fujinon Corporation, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/12,248. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-419810 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2003; application No. 2003-419811 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2003; application No. 2004-321222 (JP), filed on Nov. 04, 2004; and application No. 2004-321223 (JP), filed on Nov. 04, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0137458 A1, Jun. 23, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—116 [600/115; 604/103; 604/96.01; 604/921; 140/93.4; 57/213; 156/144] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method for fixing one of a balloon and a tubular member to an object with a thread for a medical apparatus, comprising:
covering the object with an end of the one of the balloon and the tubular member;
winding the thread at a first pitch in a first direction from an edge of the end of the one of the balloon and the tubular
member toward an intermediate position of the one of the balloon and the tubular member; and
winding the thread at a second pitch in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second pitch being shorter
than the first pitch.
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