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When the balloon goes up: the materials technology of balloon catheters
1Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
Medical Device Technology
|December 8, 1997
Abstract:
Balloons and catheters together form an increasingly important combination in diagnostic and therapeutic minimally invasive procedures. This article discusses how these simple devices have risen in stature over the last decade.