Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter and method of manufacture
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Application No.: US14978719Application Date: 2015-12-22
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Publication No.: US10293139B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Chad A. Thorstenson , James D. Savage
- Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Divison, Inc.
- Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Divison, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Wiley Rein LLP
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00 ; A61M25/01 ; A61M25/06 ; B29C41/20 ; B29L31/00
Abstract:
The instant invention relates generally to introducer catheters used to help deliver catheters or other medical devices to locations within the human body. In particular, the instant invention relates to large diameter introducer catheters (introducer catheters with lumens greater than about 6 French) having increased strength, flexibility, and kink resistance. Introducer catheters according to the teachings herein may also include curved distal ends and flared (that is, funnel-like) transition sections within their lumens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160114133A1 Catheter and Method of Manufacture Public/Granted day:2016-04-28
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