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US 2017/0360282 A1Published application
Catheter including a bendable portion
AssigneeSmart Medical Systems Ltd.
InventorsGAD TERLIUC, GILAD LURIA, OHAD SHAFRAN
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Abstract
A catheter having a tube having at least one lumen, at least one elongate element, the at least one elongate element having a bendable portion at a predetermined bendable portion location therealong forward of a distal end of the tube, and at least one selectably inflatable balloon communicating with at least one of the at least one lumen, the at least one selectably inflatable balloon having a forward end and a rearward end, the rearward end of the balloon being located rearwardly of the predetermined bendable portion location.
Claims18
A catheter comprising:
- a tube having at least one lumen;
- at least one elongate element, said at least one elongate element having a bendable portion at a predetermined bendable portion location therealong forward of a distal end of said tube;
- and
- at least one selectably inflatable balloon communicating with at least one of said at least one lumen, said at least one selectably inflatable balloon having a forward end and a rearward end, said rearward end of said balloon being located rearwardly of said predetermined bendable portion location.
1 more element
A catheter comprising:
- a tube having at least one lumen and having a bendable portion at a predetermined bendable portion location therealong;
- and
- at least one selectably inflatable balloon communicating with at least one of said at least one lumen, said at least one selectably inflatable balloon having a forward end and a rearward end, said rearward end of said balloon being located rearwardly of said predetermined bendable portion location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.