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US 10,369,326 B2Granted
Catheter with a lumen shaped as an identification symbol
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorsJohn Tuohy, Sean Ward
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Abstract
A catheter includes a catheter shaft having a shaft wall and a lumen extending longitudinally within the shaft wall. The lumen is bounded in radially outward and radially inward directions. The lumen includes a feed portion and an identification symbol fluidly connected to the feed portion. The lumen is configured to receive a contrast media. The lumen may be formed by a channel formed in an outer surface of a first shaft of the catheter shaft, and a covering disposed around the outer surface of the first shaft to cover the channel.
Claims12
A catheter, comprising:
- a catheter shaft including a shaft wall;
- and
- a lumen extending longitudinally within the shaft wall, wherein the lumen is bounded in radially outward and radially inward directions, the lumen including a feed portion and an identification symbol fluidly connected to the feed portion, wherein the lumen is configured to receive a contrast media such that when filled with the contrast media, the identification symbol is machine readable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.