Balloon catheters, scopes and related medical devices having non- occluding balloon inflation-deflation apertures

摘要

Non-occluding balloon inflation-deflation aperture(s) which may be formed in any medical catheter, scope or other device having an inflatable formed thereon. In a preferred embodiment, the non-occluding aperture(s) are configured to include at least one angular corner. Specific configurations in which the non-occluding apertures of the invention may be formed include wedge-shaped configurations, generally rectangular configurations, trapezoidal configurations and/or round- concave configurations having angular sub-notches formed therein.