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US 11,896,777 B2Granted
Dynamic walled tubing
AssigneeQmax, LLC
InventorRobert C. Laduca
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Abstract
Methods and devices described for improved dynamic walled tubing and catheters.
Claims23
An expandable tubing comprising:
- an outer tube body comprising a lumen;
- and
- a spring material within the outer tube body,
- where the spring material extends helically around the lumen at least one full turn in a continuous undulating manner within the outer tube body, and
- where an entire turn of the at least one full turn of the spring material is expandable and contractible.
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An expandable tubing comprising:
- an outer tube body comprising a lumen;
- a coil or a braid in the outer tube body;
- and
- a spring material wound in an undulating manner within the outer tube body,
- where the spring material extends around the lumen,
- where the outer tube body is expandable via the spring material,
- where the spring material is contractible via the outer tube body, and
- where the coil or the braid extends around the lumen on a radial inside or on a radial outside of the spring material.
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An expandable tubing comprising:
- an outer tube body comprising a lumen;
- and
- a spring material within the outer tube body,
- where the spring material extends around the lumen,
- where the spring material is expandable and contractible,
- where the spring material extends helically around the lumen a first full turn and a second full turn in a continuous undulating manner within the outer tube body, where the first full turn is adjacent the second full turn, where the continuous undulating manner of the spring material comprises peaks and valleys, and where a peak of the first full turn is in a valley of the second full turn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.