Patent · US Expired

Catheter with bendable section

US8105311B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16References

21Claims

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Assignee

Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited · IE

Inventors

Ralph Schneider · Penzberg, DE
Judith Hartwig · Dotternhausen, DE
Stevan Nielsen · Rottenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2003
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M25/0606
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A catheter is configured to prevent kinking of a catheter during handling or mounting of a pressure device. The catheter has a proximal end of its catheter shaft that is provided with a bending section having a flexibility greater than that of the section of the catheter shaft joining the proximal end.

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