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US 2004/0106900 A1Published application
Catheter with unitary component
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsThomas Gregory Triebes, Michael Allen Kenowski, Donald J. McMichael, Netty Dawn DiViesti, Daniel Kermit Hill
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Abstract
A unitary component having a tip portion integrally formed with an expandable sleeve portion. Other aspects of the present invention are related to a catheter incorporating a unitary component. Still other aspects of the present invention will be apparent upon reading the remainder of the disclosure.
Claims15
A unitary component comprising a tip portion integrally formed with an expandable sleeve portion.
A catheter comprising:
- an elongate shaft;
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- a unitary component having a tip region integrally formed with an expandable region;
- wherein the shaft comprises a distal end, a first lumen adapted for fluid communication, an exterior, and a second lumen adapted for fluid communication with a cavity defined by the exterior of the shaft and the unitary component.
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A balloon catheter comprising:
- a head having at least two openings;
- a catheter segment extending from the head, wherein the catheter segment has a distal end, and a first and second lumen disposed in communication with the at least two openings;
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- a balloon formed by a sleeve at a first end of a unitary component, the first end of the unitary component attached to the exterior of the catheter segment so as to form a first cuff and a second end of the unitary component having a tip portion and being attached to the distal end of the catheter segment, the balloon collapsing about the catheter segment when not inflated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.