摘要 |
<p>A balloon catheter with a balloon having at least a section which has an uninflated configuration with at least two lobes and an inflated configuration with a cylindrical surface. In a presently preferred embodiment, the balloon has a lobed inner surface and a lobed outer surface. In one embodiment, the balloon has a uniform wall thickness around a circumference of the lobed balloon section. However, in alternative embodiments the balloon wall thickness may nonuniform around the balloon circumference. Each lobe forms a deflated balloon wing when the balloon is deflated.</p> |