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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Edward H. Cully, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
James L. Goepfrich, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
William G. Hardie, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Raymond P. Torrez, Surprise, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); A61K 39/395 (2013.01); A61K 39/39558 (2013.01); A61M 25/002 (2013.01); A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); C07K 16/2878 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); A61K 2039/507 (2013.01); A61K 2039/545 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); C07K 2317/24 (2013.01); C07K 2317/41 (2013.01); C07K 2317/732 (2013.01); C07K 2317/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.