Distal catheter tips and formation thereof
AssigneeVolcano Corporation
InventorsChristopher LeBlanc, Jeremy Stigall, Kazuo Sasamine
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides various embodiments of products for a tapered catheter tip and methods of forming a tapered distal tip for a catheter. An exemplary tapered catheter tip of the invention includes a proximal segment, a distal segment, and a midsection there between. The midsection includes at least two tip materials in an overlapping configuration and the distal segment includes one of the at least two tip materials.
Claims25
A catheter tip comprising a proximal segment, a distal segment, and a midsection there between, wherein the midsection includes at least two tip materials in an overlapping configuration and the distal segment includes one of the at least two tip materials.
A catheter tip comprising a proximal segment, a distal segment, and a midsection there between, wherein the midsection includes at least two tip materials coupled together and the distal segment includes one of the at least two tip materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.