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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2019
Tractus Vascular, Llc, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Craig Moquin, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Andrew Filachek, Beechwood, NJ (US);
Paige Reinhardt, Highlands, NJ (US);
Matthew Koehler, Toms River, NJ (US);
Darren De Medici, Middletown, NJ (US);
Janet Burpee, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
TRACTUS VASCULAR, LLC, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A flexible, elongated catheter tube having distal and proximal ends and a laser cut section there between. The laser cut section makes up a majority of the catheter length and is cut in a continuous helical pattern forming interlocking teeth which can be sinusoidal, triangular, square or like shapes, preferably sinusoidal. The interior of the tube has a polymeric layer which forms the internal lumen of the catheter. The exterior of the tube has a polymer coating. A short portion of the distal end is uncut and is followed by a narrower terminal section which can be tapered for better blockage penetration. The interlocking teeth disengage and reengage in a fish-scale manner without undergoing plastic deformation of the metal tube and without substantial polymer separation from the tube exterior.