Rapid-exchange dilatation catheter

Details Rapid-exchange dilatation catheter Rapid-exchange dilatation catheter

1994-10-27

1996-08-13

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604280, 604282, 606194, A61M 2900

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055451349

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a rapid-exchange dilatation catheter of the type comprising a flexible tubular body having a distal part, an intermediate part and a proximal part.
According to the invention, the body comprises a core having a high modulus of elasticity, which core is permanently joined at one end to the proximal part and embedded at its other end in a wall defining an inner duct for a guide-wire to pass through.
The invention finds a particular application in the treatment of stenoses of blood vessels.

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patent: 5112304 (1992-05-01), Barlow et al.
patent: 5324269 (1994-06-01), Miraki
patent: 5338295 (1994-08-01), Cornelius et al.
patent: 5364357 (1994-11-01), Aase
patent: 5370615 (1994-12-01), Johnson
patent: 5382234 (1995-01-01), Cornelius et al.

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