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Torque transmitting catheter apparatus

US4425919A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 1981
Grant dateJan 17, 1984
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M25/0012
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A torque transmitting catheter apparatus including a longitudinally pre-oriented thin-walled tubular substrate surrounded by a thin-walled reinforcing means comprising a flat wire braid wound over the substrate and held in place by a thin-walled tubular superstrate surrounding the reinforcing means and in contact with the substrate through the reinforcing means.

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