Multi-Lumen Catheter With Enhanced Flow Features
AssigneeC. R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsColin S. Gregersen, Ryan C. Patterson, Daniel H. Brittingham
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Abstract
A method for forming a catheter tube assembly includes providing a reinforcement structure and disposing a catheter tube over the reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure includes a first outer wall reinforcement portion, a second outer wall reinforcement portion, and a septum reinforcement portion connecting the first outer wall reinforcement portion to the second outer wall reinforcement portion. The catheter tube includes an outer wall and a septum. The catheter tube is disposed over the reinforcement structure such that the catheter tube septum envelopes the septum reinforcement portion of the reinforcement structure.
Claims11
A method for forming a catheter tube assembly, comprising:
- providing a reinforcement structure, comprising:
- a first outer wall reinforcement portion;
- a second outer wall reinforcement portion;
- and
- a septum reinforcement portion connecting the first outer wall reinforcement portion to the second outer wall reinforcement portion;
- and
- disposing a catheter tube over the reinforcement structure, the catheter tube comprising an outer wall and a septum, the septum enveloping the septum reinforcement portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.