Lubricious liner in catheter tube
AssigneeBendit Technologies Ltd.
InventorsBar Saar, Reuven Filman, Oz Cabiri
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Abstract
A method for assembling a liner in a tube includes placing a liner in a tube, and heating a portion of the liner, called a heated portion, with a local heat source. The heated portion is not more than a third of a total length of the liner. The heated portion is expanded radially outwards so that the heated portion abuts against an inner wall of the tube. The local heat source is repeatedly advanced longitudinally along a desired length of the liner to expand the heated portion radially outwards so that the heated portion abuts against the inner wall of the tube for the desired length.
Claims11
A method for assembling a liner in a tube comprising:
- placing a liner in a tube;
- heating a portion of said liner, called a heated portion, with a local heat source, said heated portion being not more than a third of a total length of said liner,
- expanding said heated portion radially outwards so that said heated portion abuts against an inner wall of said tube;
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- repeatedly advancing said local heat source longitudinally along a desired length of said liner and expanding said heated portion radially outwards so that said heated portion abuts against the inner wall of said tube for the desired length;
- and wherein a portion of said liner, called a non-joined expanded portion, is expanded against the inner wall of said tube without joining said tube to said liner.
A method for assembling a liner in a tube comprising:
- placing a liner in a tube;
- heating a portion of said liner, called a heated portion, with a local heat source, said heated portion being not more than a third of a total length of said liner,
- expanding said heated portion radially outwards so that said heated portion abuts against an inner wall of said tube;
- and
- repeatedly advancing said local heat source longitudinally along a desired length of said liner and expanding said heated portion radially outwards so that said heated portion abuts against the inner wall of said tube for the desired length, wherein a portion of said liner, called a joined expanded portion, is expanded against the inner wall of said tube and said tube is joined to said liner.
A method for assembling a liner in a tube comprising:
- placing a liner in a tube;
- heating a portion of said liner, called a heated portion, with a local heat source, said heated portion being not more than a third of a total length of said liner,
- expanding said heated portion radially outwards so that said heated portion abuts against an inner wall of said tube;
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- repeatedly advancing said local heat source longitudinally along a desired length of said liner and expanding said heated portion radially outwards so that said heated portion abuts against the inner wall of said tube for the desired length, wherein a portion of said liner, called a non-joined expanded portion, is expanded against the inner wall of said tube without joining said tube to said liner and another portion of said liner, called a joined expanded portion, is expanded against the inner wall of said tube and said tube is joined to said liner.
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