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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
John R. Brustad, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Said S. Hilal, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Nabil Hilal, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Charles C. Hart, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Gary M. Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Serene Wachli, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Ghassan Sakakine, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Donald L. Gadberry, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Edward D. Pingleton, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Matthew N. Petrime, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Payam Adlparvar, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Carl B. Hadley, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Kenneth K. Vu, San Diego, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention primarily is directed to a medical tubing adapted for insertion into a body tissue or cavity and method of manufacturing different variations of the tubing along a length of the tubing. The tubing comprises a plurality of individual, discrete, generally ring-shaped elements arranged in series and fused or bonded together forming a continuous tubular structure. The ring-shaped elements may include a combination of flexible and rigid ring-shaped elements assembled along different portions or sections of the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the medical tubing may further comprise a secondary lumen and a pull wire to control the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the ring-shaped elements may vary in diameter and/or composition in different portions or sections of the tubular structure.