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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Troy T. Tegg, Elk River, MN (US);
Richard E. Stehr, Stillwater, MN (US);
Alan M. Fuentes, Mound, MN (US);
Linda Nemec, Andover, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a catheter assembly generally includes providing a catheter shaft having an outer layer and an inner reinforcing layer; removing at least a portion of the outer layer from a length of the distal end of the catheter shaft in order to expose a distal segment thereof; providing an inner jacket segment; axially engaging the inner jacket segment with an interior surface of the distal segment of the catheter shaft; providing an outer jacket segment around at least the exposed exterior region of the distal segment of the catheter shaft; and bonding the distal segment of the catheter shaft to the inner jacket segment and the outer jacket segment.