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7608056 |
Steerable catheter devices and methods of articulating catheter devices
Steerable catheter devices are provided having a proximal first end portion, an elongate intermediate portion, and a distal flexible second end portion defining a longitudinal axis, and at least...
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7556710 |
Catheters with lubricious linings and methods for making and using them
Coated devices for introduction into bodies and methods for making and using them are provided, such as delivery sheaths, guidewire lumen cores, and elongate leads. In one embodiment, a tubular...
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7507229 |
Wire braid-reinforced microcatheter
This invention is directed to a multi-layer catheter for navigation to remote locations within the body, comprising a liner layer, a braid layer and an outer jacket. The catheter provides a high...
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7438712 |
Multi-braid exterior tube
A multiple braid exterior tube having a composite structure which includes an inner tubular layer, reinforcing layers and a polymer matrix layer. The exterior tube is formed with polymeric...
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7354428 |
Guiding catheter shaft with improved radiopacity on the wire braid
An intracorporeal catheter, such as a guiding catheter, employed for intraluminal procedures is disclosed. The catheter generally has an elongated catheter shaft including a polymeric inner layer...
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7331948 |
Catheter and catheter fabrication method
A catheter is fabricated by joining a first catheter body segment, the first segment including a braided or coiled filament reinforcing layer contained within an outer layer, to a second catheter...
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7306585 |
Guide catheter
A guide catheter includes a hollow elongate shaft defining a channel. The hollow elongate shaft (or a segment thereof) includes an inner tube and a multilayer sheath formed around the inner tube....
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7232433 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheter with dielectric isolation
Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheters are provided with improved materials for dielectric withstand strength. In one aspect, the catheter includes a braid of non-conductive material. The...
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7166100 |
Balloon catheter shaft design
A balloon catheter for medical treatment of a patient, including therapeutic dilatation or deployment of medical devices such as stents or grafts. The balloon catheter has an “over-the-wire...
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7115134 |
Catheter with flexible tip and shape retention
An improved apparatus and method to catheterize passages is disclosed. The present invention provides a catheter having a soft flexible pre-formed distal tip, that when used in combination with...
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7104979 |
Catheter with composite stiffener
A catheter comprising an elongate tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway defining a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The elongate tubular member...
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7048728 |
Noninvasive medical instrument
A noninvasive medical instrument having a core and a flexible outer coil surrounding about the core to form an elongated body. The elongated body has a rounded tip portion, which is preferably...
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6942654 |
Intravascular catheter with axial member
An intravascular catheter having a shaft, at least a portion of which includes a braid reinforcement with an axial wire or fiber disposed between the helical members that form the braid. The axial...
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6939337 |
Medical device including tube having a braid and an expanded coil
A medical device ( 10 ) including a tube ( 11 ) having a highly uniform and repeatable inner and outer diameter, the tube ( 11 ) possessing good trackability, pushability and torquability, and the...
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6893427 |
Catheter with thermoresponsive distal tip portion
The catheter assembly comprises a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end and a thermoresponsive distal tip portion fixed to the distal end of the catheter.
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6866660 |
Intravascular catheter with composite reinforcement
An intravascular catheter that exhibits the combined features of superior flexibility, softness, radiopacity and oval/kink resistance. The catheter includes an elongate shaft having a proximal...
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6817995 |
Reinforced catheter connector and system
In accordance with the invention, A reinforced catheter is provided comprising an inner layer forming a catheter body, the body having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a...
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6807440 |
Ceramic reinforcement members for MRI devices
The present invention relates to a reinforced magnetic resonance imaging catheter. The catheter comprises an elongated body having at least one lumen extending therethrough. The elongated body also...
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6793621 |
Colonic overtube
A colonic overtube 1 for maintaining a sigmoid colon in a straightened configuration has a proximal end 2 for location externally of a colon, and a distal end 3 for insertion into a colon. A...
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6783521 |
Deflectable catheter
A deflectable catheter comprises a catheter body, a tip section, and a control handle for affecting deflection of the tip section. The tip section comprises a flexible tubing having proximal and...
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6749600 |
Braided splittable catheter sheath
Apparatus is provided for insertion into a lumen of a body of a subject. The apparatus includes a sheath, the sheath including at least one section which is reinforced by braiding. The section...
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6709429 |
Intravascular catheter with multiple axial fibers
An intravascular catheter having a shaft, at least a portion of which includes a braid reinforcement with a plurality of axial members disposed between the helical members that form the braid. The...
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6689120 |
Reduced profile delivery system
A catheter is formed with a layered wall construction including an inside tube formed of a low friction polymer, a polymeric outside tube, and a metallic reinforcement braid embedded in the wall...
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6648854 |
Single lumen balloon-tipped micro catheter with reinforced shaft
A single lumen balloon-tipped micro catheter, wherein the distal portion of the shaft is reinforced and extends into the balloon to eliminate abrupt transitions in stiffness in the balloon region....
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6635047 |
Integrated polymer and braid for intravascular catheters
An intravascular catheter including a reinforcement layer having a plurality of interwoven metal wire members and polymer members. The polymer members are thermally processed to permeate the metal...
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6635022 |
Braidless guide catheter
Guide catheter incorporating a braidless construction having increased performance characteristics for catheterization procedures. The guide catheter may include a tracking wire, inner or outer...
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6575958 |
Catheter with improved transition
The invention is generally directed to an intraluminal catheter system with an improved transition between a proximal shaft portion and a more flexible distal shaft portion. The improvement...
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6554820 |
Composite flexible tube for medical applications
A flexible composite tube for medical applications is described. The tube has the ability to transmit a torque and to resist compression, tension, and kinking. The tube is also very flexible in...
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6511462 |
Catheter and method of manufacturing the same
A first linear member made of a first resin material having a relatively high rigidity is wound in a dense spiral in a first region and in a sparse spiral in a second region of a base tube for a...
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6485411 |
Endoscope shaft with superelastic alloy spiral frame and braid
An endoscope having a control section and a shaft extending from the control section. The shaft comprises an outer cover; a tubular braid member located, at least partially, inside the outer cover;...
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6464684 |
Catheter having regions of differing braid densities and methods of manufacture therefor
A tubing assembly and method of manufacture for a catheter having an inner tubular member defining a lumen, an outer tubular member surrounding said inner member, and a braid mounted between the...
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6447488 |
Apparatus for the dialysis of blood, method for fabricating the same, and method for the dialysis of blood
Improved apparatus for the dialysis of blood, a method for fabricating the same, and an improved method for the dialysis of blood.
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6409863 |
Methods of fabricating a catheter shaft having one or more guidewire ports
A method of fabricating a catheter shaft having one or more guidewire ports is disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of cutting the wall of a first shaft...
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6374476 |
Method for making a catheter tip section
A deflectable catheter comprises a catheter body, a tip section, and a control handle for affecting deflection of the tip section. The tip section comprises a flexible tubing having proximal and...
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6368316 |
Catheter with composite stiffener
A catheter comprising an elongate tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway defining a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The elongate tubular member...
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6328730 |
Endoluminal multi-luminal surgical sheath and method
A radially non-deformable surgical access catheter with a central lumen surrounded by plural peripheral lumens, the lumens being rigidly connected to each other to provide axial stiffness for the...
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6315757 |
Braided body balloon catheter
This is a balloon catheter having braided layer which extends generally from the proximal end of the catheter to a location distal of the balloon. In particular, it is desirable that the shaft of...
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6290692 |
Catheter support structure
The present disclosure relates to a catheter including a segment having a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of circumferential supports surrounding the axis. A plurality of filaments surround the...
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6270477 |
Catheter for emboli containment
Disclosed herein is a catheter for use in an emboli containment system. In one embodiment, the catheter has a tubular body with a metallic braid construction. Two lumen extend through the tubular...
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6258195 |
Multi-cord fusing manufacturing process for catheter members
Medical tubing having a wall formed of multiple strands bonded together. One method for making the tubing utilizes multiple spools containing polymeric strands disposed about a central mandrel,...
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6258080 |
Kink-free spiral-wound catheter
This invention is a surgical device. In particular, it is a catheter suitable for treating a tissue target within the body, which target is accessible through the vascular system. Central to the...
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6240231 |
Variable stiffness fiber optic shaft
The variable stiffness optical fiber shaft includes a optical fiber, and at least one coaxial layer of heat shrink polymer disposed over the optical fiber of a length shorter than the optical...
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6217566 |
Peripheral vascular delivery catheter
This is a delivery catheter assembly used typically, but not exclusively, in the peripheral vasculature of the human body. The catheter is configured in such a way that the lumen is exceptionally...
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6217565 |
Reinforced variable stiffness tubing
A reinforced catheter having a multi-layered structure suitable for medical uses comprising an inner liner, a braided reinforced layer adjacent to the inner liner, a first resin adjacent to the...
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6213995 |
Flexible tubing with braided signal transmission elements
A flexible tubing includes a wall provided with a plurality of braided elements forming a braid within the wall of the tube. The braided elements include one or more signal transmitting elements...
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6206824 |
Flexible tube for endoscope and method of producing the flexible tube
A flexible tube for an endoscope includes a spiral coil 11 as the innermost layer and a jacket 13 that is formed by applying a melt of a jacket material 1 and then curing it, in which the jacket...
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6197014 |
Kink-resistant braided catheter with distal side holes
This is a catheter section having a number of radially placed holes through the catheter section wall and a catheter assembly including that section. That catheter assembly may be used in accessing...
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6186978 |
Braid reinforced infusion catheter with inflatable membrane
This is a surgical device particularly a perfusion catheter having an inflatable membrane or balloon located at the distal end of the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft is comprised of an outer...
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6171297 |
Radiopaque catheter tip
The invention relates to a radiopaque catheter tip and catheter assembly having radiopaque elements associated with a catheter. The preferred materials for the radiopaque elements are made of a 90%...
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6168588 |
Overlapping welds for catheter constructions
A catheter having at least two lengths of tubular material axially joined together by a welded joint with no perceptible change in diameter at the welded joint; the welded joint including a...
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