Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Hollow or container type article – Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-05
2006-09-05
Pyon, Harold (Department: 1772)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Hollow or container type article
Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag
C428S035700, C428S036400, C604S096010, C604S264000, C604S524000, C264S171240, C264S172120, C264S454000, C264S535000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07101597
ABSTRACT:
A medical device, at least a portion of which is composed of a polymeric material in which the polymeric material is a melt blend product of at least two different thermoplastic polymers, one of the thermoplastic polymers being a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer (LCP) having a melting point of less than 250° C. The portion of the device made from the melt blend may be a catheter body segment or a balloon for a catheter. The LCP blends suitably also include a non-LCP base polymer having a melting point in the range of about 140° C. to about 265° C.
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