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Dilatation
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Medical Balloons - Applications - Endovascular Graft

This is a new market in which high-pressure balloons are being used to repair aneurysms as an alternative to open surgery. A balloon-mounted, woven artificial graft with a stent-like structure built in on each end or over the entire length is wrapped tightly onto the balloon to minimize its profile. The graft, which is longer than the aneurysm, is deployed and attached to the artery wall by inflating the balloon within the artery. The graft forms a lining that by-passes the weakened area of the artery and it remains in place permanently anchored to the vessel wall. The graft then restores normal circulatory flow after the balloon is deflated and removed.1 A wide variety of diameters and lengths are required in this procedure. Tapered and custom-shaped balloons are sometimes needed as well.

Footnote
1 Baxter Healthcare Corporation, PR Newswire, Aug. 11, 1999.