Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter and method of manufacture
- Patent Title (中): 导管及制造方法
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Application No.: US12527332Application Date: 2008-02-15
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Publication No.: US09254374B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Chad A. Thorstenson , James D. Savage
- Applicant: Chad A. Thorstenson
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Wiley Rein LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2008/054149 WO 20080215
- International Announcement: WO2008/101206 WO 20080821
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00 ; A61M25/06
Abstract:
The instant invention relates generally to introducer catheters used to help deliver catheters or other medical devices to locations within the human body. In particular, the instant invention relates to large diameter introducer catheters (introducer catheters with lumens greater than about 6 French) having increased strength, flexibility, and kink resistance. Introducer catheters according to the teachings herein may also include curved distal ends and flared (that is, funnel-like) transition sections within their lumens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100217235A1 Catheter and method of manufacture Public/Granted day:2010-08-26
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