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Catheter having first and second guidewire tubes and overlapping stiffening members

US7625353B2 · kind B2 · utility

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147References

24Claims

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Assignee

Abbott Laboratories · US

Inventors

Axel Grandt · Abenberg, DE
Randolf von Oepen · Los Altos, US
Thomas Rieth · Hirrlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2005
Grant date	Dec 1, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2025/1056
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a first guidewire lumen and a second guidewire lumen. Each guide wire lumen including a proximal port and a distal port in communication with an external environment. The proximal port of the first guidewire lumen spaced by a gap from the distal port of the second guidewire lumen. In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, the catheter includes a plurality of overlapping stiffening members defined along at least a portion of a length between the distal end and the proximal end of the elongate main body.

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