US 11,812,987 B2
Cutting balloon catheter
Alyssa Madej, Minnetonka, MN (US); and Amelia Ann Sandberg, Fridley, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/102,927.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,413, filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153891 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320725 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22001 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 2025/109 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting balloon, comprising:
an expandable member having an outer surface and longitudinal axis;
a mounting pad secured to the outer surface of the expandable member with adhesive;
a first cutting member attached to the mounting pad on the outer surface of the expandable member; and
a covering encapsulating the expandable member, the first cutting member, the mounting pad, and the adhesive, wherein the covering, the adhesive, and the mounting pad combine to form a monolithic structure defining a chamber encapsulating the first cutting member.