US 12,167,889 B2
Flexible circuit having improved adhesion to a renal nerve modulation balloon
Ajay Gupta, Minneapolis, MN (US); Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US); Paul J. Miller, Vadnais Heights, MN (US); Cass A. Hanson, St. Paul, MN (US); Daniel T. Quillin, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Hong Cao, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Kenneth R. Larson, Grand Rapids, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,365.
Application 17/744,365 is a continuation of application No. 16/902,751, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,350,990.
Application 16/902,751 is a continuation of application No. 14/465,597, filed on Aug. 21, 2014, granted, now 10,722,300, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/868,863, filed on Aug. 22, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265346 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [B32B 37/1292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1465 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A balloon comprising:
a balloon wall comprising an outer surface; and
a flexible circuit disposed on the outer surface of the balloon wall, the flexible circuit comprising a base formed of a polymer material;
wherein the base comprises patterned deformations; and
wherein the outer surface of the balloon wall comprises patterned deformations, at least a portion of the patterned deformations of the balloon wall corresponding to at least a portion of the patterned deformations of the base; and
wherein the flexible circuit is partially adhered to the outer surface of the balloon wall with an adhesive that occupies only portions of the base.