Torque transmitting catheter apparatus
US4425919A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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