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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
An Thien Pham, Rosemead, CA (US);
Matthew William Yavorsky, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Amith Wijesuriya, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yevgeniy Levin, West Hills, CA (US);
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A flexible tubing for a cannula has a hollow tubing body having a length dimension from a first end to a second end, and an outer diameter of no more than 0.9 mm. The tubing body has a section of enhanced flexibility of a greater flexibility than one or more other sections of the tubing body. The section of enhanced flexibility is spaced from the first end of the tubing body by a distance D, where D is within a range of 3.0 mm to 5.0 mm for a flexible tubing having a length of about 9.0 mm, and where D is within a range of 1.0 mm to 2.9 mm for a flexible tubing having a length of about 6.0 mm.