Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1997-09-26
1999-10-05
McDermott, Corrine
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604526, A61M 2500
Patent
active
059615109
ABSTRACT:
A medical catheter comprising a distal shaft having a greater flexibility than the proximal shaft. The proximal shaft has a helical end portion of reduced outer diameter which is integral with and extending from the distal end of the proximal shaft. The helical end portion slidingly fits within a portion of the proximal end of the distal shaft. The helical end portion is bonded to at least a portion of the distal shaft to form a fluid-tight seal. The pitch of the helical end portion may be constant or variable. The helical turns may be abutting or spaced apart. A guidewire shaft centrally extends longitudinally through the proximal and distal shaft such that fluid can be transmitted through the proximal and distal shaft, exterior to the guidewire shaft.
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Fugoso Mauricio L.
Rowean Karen M.
Siebold Michelle E.
Latham Dianne Plunkett
McDermott Corrine
Medtronic Inc.
Nguyen A T
Patton Harold R.
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