CATHETER HAVING LUBRICATED OUTER SLEEVE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
    61.
    发明授权
    CATHETER HAVING LUBRICATED OUTER SLEEVE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME 失效
    导管具有产生污点外壳和方法

    公开(公告)号:EP0514400B1

    公开(公告)日:1997-03-05

    申请号:EP91902926.4

    申请日:1991-01-08

    Abstract: An elongated catheter (41111) having an interior and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a lumen (81111) passing through the catheter. The catheter further including an enclosed cavity (451111) between the interior and exterior surfaces which encircles the lumen. The cavity having an inner wall and an outer wall, the outer wall being a resilient sleeve which can stretch generally independently of the inner wall. The cavity containing an amount of a suitable lubricating substance (381111) effective to permit the resilient sleeve to slide along an outer surface of the inner wall while in lubricated contact therewith when stretched independently of the inner wall, wherein the inner and the outer wall are joined together at distal end proximal ends of the enclosed cavity. An automated method for producing the same, including a series of automated dipping steps, is also disclosed. A ''Foley'' catheter having a balloon portion and a lubricated resilient sleeve, as disclosed above, is also disclosed, as are methods for manufacturing the same.

    METHODS OF MAKING BALLOON CATHETERS
    64.
    发明公开
    METHODS OF MAKING BALLOON CATHETERS 失效
    制造气孔导管的方法

    公开(公告)号:EP0512041A4

    公开(公告)日:1993-01-07

    申请号:EP91903727

    申请日:1991-01-08

    Abstract: A balloon catheter (4) and method of making same. The method includes providing a tube (2) having an outer surface (14) and a plurality of lumens (6, 8) including first (6) and second (8) lumens, the tube including a first lumen (6) access opening (12) in the outer surface communicating with the first lumen (6); simultaneously coating a first portion of the outer surface with an amount of a bond preventing agent effective to prevent bonding to the first portion of the outer surface and plugging the first lumen access opening (12); and subsequently coating a second portion of the outer surface and the coating of bond preventing agent on the first portion of the outer surface with a polymeric bonding composition, wherein a resilient overcoat layer (38) is created which is fixed to and integral with the tube proximate the second portion of the outer surface and free from adherence to the tube proximate the first portion of the outer surface.

    METHODS OF MAKING BALLOON CATHETERS
    65.
    发明公开
    METHODS OF MAKING BALLOON CATHETERS 失效
    方法产生球囊导管。

    公开(公告)号:EP0512041A1

    公开(公告)日:1992-11-11

    申请号:EP91903727.0

    申请日:1991-01-08

    Abstract: L'invention concerne un cathéter à ballon (4) et le procédé pour sa fabrication. Le procédé consiste à utiliser un tube (2) ayant une surface externe (14) et une pluralité de passages (6, 8), incluant un premier passage (6) et un second passage (8), le tube comprenant une ouverture d'accès (12) dans la surface externe communiquant avec le premier passage (6); le revêtement simultané d'une première portion de la surface externe avec une quantité d'un agent empêchant la liaison sur la première partie de la surface externe et bouchant l'ouverture d'accès (12) au premier passage, et le revêtement ultérieur d'une seconde partie de la surface externe et le revêtement de l'agent de prévention de liaison sur la prmière partie de la surface externe à l'aide d'une composition polymère de liaison, consistant à créer une couche résiliente de recouvrement (38) fixée et faisant partie intégrante du tube à proximité de la seconde partie de la surface externe et sans adhérer au tube à proximité de la première partie de la surface externe.

    A cannula for inserting into the body
    68.
    发明公开
    A cannula for inserting into the body 失效
    RöhrchenzumEinführen在denKörper。

    公开(公告)号:EP0040508A1

    公开(公告)日:1981-11-25

    申请号:EP81302124.3

    申请日:1981-05-13

    Abstract: A cannula for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel of a patient includes a parent cannula member 12 and an integral radiopaque tip 14. The tip 14 is configured so as to be distinguishable from internal body parts in an X ray or flouroscopic image, thus serving to precisely locate the position of the cannula within the patient without substantially obstructing the physician's view of such body parts. The cannula tip 14 and parent member 12 are separately pre-formed from a non-toxic polymeric material and can be constructed so as to have different hardnesses. In one embodiment, thetip is softer than the parent member in order to prevent internal injury to the patient, while in a second embodiment the tip is harder than the parent member for facilitating certain catheterization applications. The pre-formed tip and parent member are then dielectrically heated and welded securely together to form a unitary, integral cannula using a dielectric heating apparatus (not shown in Figure 1). The electrodes of the dielectric heating apparatus are connected to dies whose diametrical dimensions conform closely to those of the tip and parent member to provide the present cannula with completely smooth interior and exterior surfaces, In order to prevent the burning of the cannula during this heating process, air is vented from the junction area by providing the outer die with a convex interior surface and by forming longitudinal grooves in the external surface of the inner die or mandrel. The inner mandrel is formed by encapsulating the inner electrode with a highly insulative material to further inhibit burning of the cannula.

    Abstract translation: 描述了一种用于形成插管10的方法和装置。 用于插入患者的体腔,导管或容器中的插管包括母插管构件12和整体的不透射线的尖端14.尖端14构造成与X射线的内部身体部分区分开 或透视图像,从而用于精确地定位患者中套管的位置,而基本上不妨碍医师对这些身体部位的看法。 套管末端14和母体部件12分别由无毒的聚合物材料预先形成并且可被构造成具有不同的硬度。 预成型的端头和母构件被介电加热并牢固地焊接在一起,以形成使用电介质加热装置50的整体的整体插管。介质加热装置50的电极58,60连接到直径尺寸紧密相关的模具54,56 到尖端14和父构件12的那些,以为插管提供完全光滑的内部和外部表面。 为了防止在该加热过程中燃烧套管,通过向外模具54提供凸形内表面62并且通过在内模或心轴56的外表面中形成纵向凹槽82,从接合区域排出空气。 内心轴通过用高度绝缘的材料包封内部电极而形成,以进一步抑制插管的燃烧。

    FLUID-EXPANDABLE BODY ARTICULATION OF CATHETERS AND OTHER FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES
    70.
    发明公开
    FLUID-EXPANDABLE BODY ARTICULATION OF CATHETERS AND OTHER FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES 审中-公开
    流体可扩展的导管和其他柔性结构的机构配合

    公开(公告)号:EP3274040A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-31

    申请号:EP16773852.5

    申请日:2016-03-25

    Abstract: Articulation devices, systems, methods for articulation, and methods for fabricating articulation structures will often include simple balloon arrays, with inflation of the balloons interacting with elongate skeletal support structures so as to locally alter articulation of the skeleton. The balloons can be mounted to a substrate of the array, with the substrate having channels that can direct inflation fluid to a subset of the balloons. The articulation array structure may be formed using simple planar 3-D printing, extrusion, and/or micromachining techniques. The skeleton may comprise a simple helical coil, and the array can be used to locally deflect or elongate an axis of the coil under control of a processor. Inflation fluid may be directed to the balloons from an inflation fluid reservoir of an inflation system, with the inflation system preferably including valves controlled by the processor. The articulation structures can be employed in minimally invasive medical catheter systems, and also for industrial robotics, for supporting imaging systems, for entertainment and consumer products, and the like.

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