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US 2006/0052767 A1Published application
Catheter distal tip design and method of making
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsJan Weber, Thomas Holman
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Abstract
A catheter comprises a catheter shaft having a distal tip, the distal tip having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a rounded profile. The catheter may be made by rounding the inner surface of the distal tip.
Claims11
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A method of manufacturing a catheter shaft having a distal tip, the distal tip having an inner surface and an outer surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing said catheter shaft and said distal tip;
- and
- rounding the inner surface of the distal tip by ablating such that the circumference of the inner surface increases in a longitudinal direction toward the distal tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.