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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoping Guo, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David P. Johnson, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/08 (2006.01); A61L 29/12 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/126 (2013.01); A61L 29/085 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61L 2400/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, a surgical catheter is provided. The present disclosure provides a catheter shaft that includes a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion comprises a handle operably connected to the distal portion of the elongated structure. The distal portion three radially positioned polymeric layers. At least two of the layers include chemically dissimilar polymers and at least one of the three layers includes functionalized polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF).