Invention Application
- Patent Title: DELIVERY CATHETER APPARATUS AND METHODS
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Application No.: US14856693Application Date: 2015-09-17
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Publication No.: US20160001063A1Publication Date: 2016-01-07
- Inventor: Ronald A. DRAKE , Mark W. SHEPLER , Lester O. STENER , Kelly M. WIEN , Kendra LANGE
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61M25/09 ; A61M5/00 ; A61M25/10

Abstract:
A catheter has a shaft that defines a delivery lumen, for example, to deliver an elongate medical device therethrough; a proximal section of the catheter includes a seal zone portion, a handle portion and a proximal port portion. A relatively thin wall section of the proximal port portion extends between the seal zone portion and a proximal edge that defines part of a perimeter of a proximal opening of the delivery lumen. The handle portion projects laterally from the seal zone portion, generally opposite the relatively thin wall section. An inflation subassembly of the catheter includes a compliant sleeve member and an inflation lumen extending from the sleeve member, proximally along the shaft, and into a connector port formed in the handle portion. The inflation lumen may be formed by fusing a section of a tube to the shaft and molding the handle portion around another section of the tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US09463314B2 Delivery catheter apparatus and methods Public/Granted day:2016-10-11
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