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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Frank Scarpine, Brea, CA (US);
Ricky Williams, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Maria De Jesus Sanson, San Clemente, CA (US);
Francis Bernard, Dana Point, CA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, and defining an inner lumen, an outer body wall having a wall cross-sectional diameter, and a distal aperture at the distal end. A distal portion of the elongated body including a taper section that tapers from the outer body wall of the distal portion to the distal aperture, with the distal portion defining a plurality of slits open to the distal aperture. The distal aperture has an aperture diameter greater than zero and less than the wall cross-sectional diameter. The distal portion defining the plurality of slits is configured to substantially center the distal end around a guide member when the guide member is introduced in the inner lumen and extends through the distal aperture.