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Catheter with skived tubular member

US8512282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

Adam D. Grovender · Brooklyn Park, US
Benjamin Grundale · Plymouth, US
Thomas Knowles · Hermantown, US
Roger W. McGowan · Otsego, US
Todd Rowe · Excelsior, US
Charles Rundquist · White Bear Lake, US
Chuanjing Xu · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2011
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2025/0183
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An elongate shaft of a medical catheter including a thermoset polymeric tubular member including a skived distal portion. The skived distal portion includes a distally extending trough having a convex surface and a concave surface. A thermoplastic tubular sleeve may be positioned over at least a portion of the skived distal portion of the thermoset polymeric tubular member. In some instances, the thermoplastic tubular sleeve includes a crescent-shaped tubular portion defining a crescent-shaped lumen. The trough of the skived distal portion may extend through the crescent-shaped lumen. The thermoplastic tubular sleeve is thermally bonded to the inner and outer tubular members of a distal section of the elongate shaft at a guidewire port joint.

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