Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Greatbatch Ltd.

Jason M Romanowski

Hancun Chen

Scott Kimmel

Scott Larson

Kevin Pietsch

Mark Nelson

Peter Hirshman

Mike Sterud

Anh Nguyen

Ryan Messer

Gregory A Boeshans

A transseptal needle assembly comprised of a cannula, a handle assembly and a stylet is described. The cannula of the needle assembly is of a uniform body construction such that the cannula main portion and needle portion are fluidly connected in one-piece. The handle assembly comprises a handle housing, a handle sleeve and a handle slug. The handle slug provides ballast which improves tactile feel of the needle assembly. In addition, the stylet comprises a stylet housing having a hinged designed that allows for easier control of the stylet.

Transseptal needle assembly

A method of attaching a hub such as a breakaway hub to a catheter shaft includes inserting the catheter shaft into a strain relief component of the hub having one or more bosses extending radially away from the strain relief component of the hub. One or more polymeric sleeves are disposed over the strain relief component and are heat shrunk into place, followed by a laser welding process.

Method of laser welding a hub to a catheter shaft

An elongate medical device including a coating extending over a portion of the elongate medical device having a plurality of apertures formed thereon and a method of applying a coating to such an elongate medical device are disclosed. Prior to applying a coating to the elongate medical device, a removable liquid is dispensed in the plurality of apertures. Subsequently, the removable liquid is removed from the plurality of apertures, leaving the plurality of apertures free of, unobstructed by, or otherwise not filled with the coating.

Elongate medical device and method of coating the same

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Richfield, MN, United States of America

Jason M Romanowski