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US 2025/0128024 A1Published application
Catheter having an expandable lumen and method of manufacture
AssigneeMozarc Medical US LLC
InventorMichael Sansoucy
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Abstract
A single or multiple lumen catheter is disclosed which includes an expandable lumen. The expandable lumen is movable from a collapsed or sealed configuration to an open or expanded configuration. In the open configuration, the expandable lumen is dimensioned to receive a guidewire or stylet or facilitate the introduction of fluids into a patient.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising:
- a catheter body comprising:
- a first lumen,
- wherein the first lumen has an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the inner surface is made of a first material;
- wherein the outer surface is made of a second material;
- wherein the first material has a lower melting temperature than the second material;
- and
- wherein the first lumen is configured to receive a fluid;
- a second lumen,
- wherein the second lumen has an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the inner surface is made of the first material;
- wherein the outer surface is made of the second material;
- wherein the second lumen is configured to receive the fluid;
- and a third lumen,
- wherein the third lumen is positioned in between the first lumen and the second lumen;
- wherein the third lumen is configured to be in a collapsed configuration when the first lumen
- and the second lumen receive the fluid;
- and
- wherein when at least one of the inner surface of the first lumen or the inner surface of the second lumen is heated to a first temperature, the first material is configured to melt,
- wherein the first temperature is insufficient to melt the second material, and
- wherein the third lumen is configured to set in the collapsed configuration when the first
- material is cooled from the first temperature.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a catheter body comprising:
- a first lumen,
- wherein the first lumen has an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the inner surface is made of a first material;
- wherein the outer surface is made of a second material;
- wherein the first material has a lower melting temperature than the second material;
- and
- wherein the first lumen is configured to receive a fluid;
- a second lumen;
- wherein the second lumen is positioned adjacent to the first lumen,
- wherein the second lumen is configured to be in a collapsed configuration when the first lumen receives the fluid;
- wherein when the inner surface of the first lumen is heated to a first temperature, the first material is configured to melt,
- wherein the first temperature is insufficient to melt the second material,
- wherein the second lumen is configured to set in the collapsed configuration when the first material is cooled from the first temperature,
- wherein when the second lumen is set in the collapsed configuration, the second lumen is configured to receive a guidewire, and
- wherein the second lumen is configured to expand to receive the guidewire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.