Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubricious extruded medical tubing
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Application No.: US15670905Application Date: 2017-08-07
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Publication No.: US10376671B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Raymond A. Byrnes , Christopher M. Byrnes , Frank E. Barrett
- Applicant: Contech Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Contech Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Contech Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00 ; B29D23/00 ; B29C47/00 ; A61L29/04 ; A61L29/12 ; B29C48/10 ; B29K83/00

Abstract:
A medical tube having improved lubricity is disclosed. The medical tube is produced by extruding a polymer material blended with a lubricity enhancing additive through a resilient die. The polymer material can be medical-grade high-density polyethylene, and the lubricity enhancing additive can be a silicone-based or alloy-based material. The medical tube can include one or more internal elongated protuberances so as to reduce the internal surface area of the medical tube available to generate friction on a guide wire inserted or withdrawn through the medical tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170333669A1 LUBRICIOUS EXTRUDED MEDICAL TUBING Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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