Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube

Details Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube

2007-10-09

2007-10-09

Miggins, Michael (Department: 1772)

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Hollow or container type article

Polymer or resin containing

C428S421000, C604S509000, C604S096010, C623S900000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09510937

ABSTRACT:
A thin-wall PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) tube in the form of a tube of porous expanded PTFE film wherein the porous PTFE film has a microstructure containing a multiplicity of fibrils. The thin-wall tube is used in a non-porous embodiment as the balloon portion of a balloon catheter. The thin-wall tube is not elastomeric; however, because of the thinness, strength and flexibility of the tube, it may be inserted into a body conduit in a collapsed state and then deployed from a catheter and inflated up to the maximum diameter of the thin-wall tube. The porous PTFE film is provided with a continuous layer of adhesive to provide the non-porous tube; the adhesive is preferably a thermoplastic and more preferably a thermoplastic fluoropolymer such as fluorinated ethylene propylene.

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