Catheter having embedded multi-apertured film
AssigneeAngiomedics Corporation
InventorMark A. Rydell
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Abstract
A tubular angiographic catheter containing a wrapped multi-apertured film embedded in the walls thereof. The film material and aperture size, shape and pattern may be varied to produce a tailored torque transfer characteristic for enhancing the maneuverability of the distal end of the catheter by manipulating its proximal end.
Claims7
An improved intravascular catheter comprising a flexible, plastic tubular member having at least one lumen, a thin film member having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough and said film being embedded in said plastic and wrapped about said central lumen with its longitudinal edges butted to one another for imparting predetermined torsional rigidity to said tubular member.
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