Oriented medical tubing

US5932307A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Baxter International Inc. · US

Inventors

• Patrick T. Ryan · Madison Heights, US
• Chuan Qin · Grayslake, US
• Donna L. Rostron · Bartlett, US
• Birendra K. Lal · Lake Zurich, US
• Yuanpang Samuel Ding · Libertyville, US
• Susan R. Mizener · Round Lake Heights, US
• Lecon Woo · Wilmington, US
• Michael T. K. Ling · Vernon Hills, US
• Martin F. Miller · Lake in the Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1996
• Grant date: Aug 3, 1999
• Expiry date: May 3, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31928
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A polymeric tubing having an initial diameter and suitable for connecting to rigid housings including a sidewall defining a fluid pathway and having a longitudinal axis, the sidewall of a polymeric material in an amount by weight within the range of 99.999%-90.0%, and an additive in an amount by weight within the range of 0.001%-10%, and wherein the tubing has been oriented along its longitudinal axis to decrease its diameter to define a oriented diameter.