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US 2010/0137837 A1Published application
Prevention of kinks in catheter irrigation tubes
AssigneeBiosense Webster, Inc.
InventorsAssaf Govari, Ariel Garcia
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Abstract
A medical device includes an insertion tube, having a distal end for insertion into a body of a subject and an opening at the distal end. A lumen, which includes a flexible tube which passes longitudinally through the insertion tube so as to communicate with the opening at the distal end of the insertion tube, is secured under tension inside the insertion tube.
Claims6
A medical device, comprising:
- an insertion tube, having a distal end for insertion into a body of a subject and an opening at the distal end;
- and
- a lumen, comprising a flexible tube which passes longitudinally through the insertion tube so as to communicate with the opening at the distal end of the insertion tube and the flexible tube being secured under tension to an inner wall of the insertion tube.
A method for producing a medical device, comprising:
- providing an insertion tube having a distal end for insertion into a body of a subject and an opening at the distal end;
- inserting a flexible tube longitudinally through the insertion tube so as to communicate with the opening at the distal end of the insertion tube;
- bending the insertion tube to form a curve;
- and
- fastening the flexible tube under tension within the insertion tube while the insertion tube is bent the flexible tube being secured under tension to the insertion tube.
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A method for providing a flexible tube under tension within an insertion tube, comprising:
- providing an insertion tube having a distal end for insertion into a body of a subject and an opening at the distal end;
- inserting a flexible tube longitudinally through the insertion tube such that the flexible tube communicates with the opening at the distal end of the insertion tube;
- bending the insertion tube to form a curve;
- and
- fastening the flexible tube under tension to an inner wall of the insertion tube while the insertion tube is in a curved shape such that the flexible tube is secured under tension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.