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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2022
Seigla Medical, Inc., Buffalo, MN (US);
Chad J. Kugler, Buffalo, MN (US);
Ross A. Olson, Anoka, MN (US);
Seigla Medical, Inc., Buffalo, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods for making medical devices and portions of medical devices (e.g., intravascular catheters, catheter shafts, and tubular guiding members) are provided. Example methods may include cutting a thin film extruded thermoplastic sheet into at least one ribbon and forming a first assembly by positioning the ribbon inside a shrink tube and urging the ribbon to assume a tubular shape in which the first ribbon defines a ribbon lumen. A second assembly may be formed by loading a lubricious inner tubular member over a mandrel and forming or placing a support structure over an outer surface of the lubricious inner tubular member. A third assembly may be formed by inserting the second assembly into the ribbon lumen defined by the ribbon of the first assembly. The third assembly may be heated to a process temperature, and the shrink tube may be removed.