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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Eric Mintz, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Ujwal Jalgaonkar, Irvine, CA (US);
Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Irvine, CA (US);
Athanasios Touris, Santa Ana, MA (US);
Kevin V. Nguyen, Westminster, CA (US);
Xiaodong MA, Acton, MA (US);
Edwin Wang, Tustin, CA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated body and an expandable member at a distal portion of the elongated body and defining at least part of a distal tip of the catheter. The expandable member is formed from materials that enable a distal tip of the catheter to be radiopaque without the addition of a separate radiopaque marker (e.g., a solid metal ring of radiopaque material separate from and connected to the elongated body) at the distal tip of the catheter.