Method for making a tubular product, especially a catheter, and

Details Method for making a tubular product, especially a catheter, and Method for making a tubular product, especially a catheter, and

1995-06-07

2000-01-25

Bockelman, Mark

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604280, 138123, 138124, 138132, A61M 2500

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060173351

ABSTRACT:
A process for making a reinforced tubular product, especially a catheter, in a single extrusion step. A reinforcing member is applied to an extruded thermoplastic catheter body of about its finished size which is softened by heating while tensioning the reinforcing member to control the surface deformation or penetration of the catheter wall by the reinforcing member to produce an irregular surface contour on the catheter body. The catheter body is then smoothed in a sizing die burying the reinforcement to form the finished product. The heating step may be in addition to or substituted by a curing step when a thermosetting or cross-linking material is used for the body. The reinforcement may be braid, or a helical wrap of one or more members applied at one or more controlled angles relative to the axis of the catheter to control the apparent stiffness and torque transmission efficiency of the catheter. The process is particularly adapted to making a catheter having its reinforcement interrupted to provide a unitary non-reinforced distal tip. By this process, the radial location of the reinforcement in the wall of the catheter is easily controlled according to the material of the body, the heating conditions, and the tension on the reinforcing member. Multiple extrusions to form a reinforced catheter body are thus not required.

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