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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Massimo Morero, Turin, IT;
Chiara Pedroni, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 25/0009 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0238 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, a catheter (e.g., a balloon catheter) includes a guidewire tube extending through a catheter body and a coating on at least a portion of an outer surface of the guidewire tube. In some examples, the coating is an elastomeric coating. The coating is configured to increase friction between the portion of the outer surface of the guidewire tube and an inner surface of the catheter body when the portion of the outer surface contacts an inner surface of the catheter body.