Patent · US Expired

Flexible tubing

US4662404A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1981
Grant dateMay 5, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 15, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/139
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Flexible tubing suitable for medical use is disclosed having a set of relatively stiff sections intercalated with a set of relatively flexible sections, each flexible section having a length no greater than twice the diameter of the tubing.

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