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Catheter

US8827950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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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 13, 2011
Grant date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 29, 2032

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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