Invention Application
- Patent Title: STIFFNESS ADJUSTABLE CATHETER
- Patent Title (中): 坚固可调式导管
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Application No.: US14442259Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US20160271363A1Publication Date: 2016-09-22
- Inventor: Jochen Bauer , Aaron M. Fortson , John M. Ziobro , David J. Milazzo
- Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- International Application: PCT/US2013/068314 WO 20131104
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00

Abstract:
Adjustable catheter including an elongate tubular shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a length therebetween. The elongate tubular shaft has a guidewire lumen defined therein extending along at least the distal portion of elongate tubular member and further has at least one pressure lumen defined therein extending along at least a section of the length of the elongate tubular shaft. The at least one pressure lumen having a proximal end and a closed distal end. A fluid adaptor is in fluid communication with the at least one pressure lumen. The catheter has a stiffness profile and a flexibility profile along a length there of and at least one of the stiffness profile and the flexibility profile selectively adjustable upon introduction of a pressurizing fluid into the at least one pressure lumen.
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