Invention Application
- Patent Title: CATHETERS AND MANUFACTURING THEREOF
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Application No.: PCT/US2008/088060Application Date: 2008-12-22
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Publication No.: WO2009086325A3Publication Date: 2009-07-09
- Inventor: WEBER, Jan
- Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. , WEBER, Jan
- Applicant Address: One Scimed Place Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311 US
- Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.,WEBER, Jan
- Current Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.,WEBER, Jan
- Current Assignee Address: One Scimed Place Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311 US
- Agency: WICKHEM, J. Scot
- Priority: US11/964,308 20071226
- Main IPC: A61F7/12
- IPC: A61F7/12
Abstract:
A catheter includes a longitudinally extending body having proximal and distal ends and defining at least one lumen that extends longitudinally from the proximal end through the body to the distal end and looping back to the proximal end. A liquid metal, e.g. an alloy of gallium and indium, such as galistan, is disposed in the lumen. In another aspect, a catheter includes a longitudinally extending body defining first and second lumens. An electrically driven device is coupled to a distal end of the body and is in electrical communication with the first and second lumens. A power source is in electrical communication with the first and second lumens and a liquid metal is disposed in the first and second lumens to provide an electrical conduit between the power source and electrically driven device. Each lumen may loop from a proximal end of the body to the distal end back to the proximal end.
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