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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
C.r. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Karen A. DiClaudio, Tempe, AZ (US);
C.R. BARD, INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
Provided herein in some embodiments is a catheter including an elongate body with a polymeric portion and a metallic portion; a balloon over at least some of the polymeric portion; a coupler formed over or between the polymeric and metallic portions; and one or more scoring wires. The metallic portion can include a spiral-cut portion configured to prevent elongation and kinking of the elongate body. The one or more scoring wires can be fixed to and extend from a tip at a distal end of the elongate body, over the balloon, through the polymeric portion of the elongate body, through the coupler, and to the metallic portion of the elongate body. The one or more scoring wires can be fixed to an internal surface of the spiral-cut portion or formed from the spiral-cut portion.
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