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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Hobbins, Galway, IE;
Risa Egerter, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1036 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0183 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a catheter that includes a catheter tube defining the guidewire lumen with the catheter tube including an extruded polymer material. Molecules of the extruded polymer material extend circumferentially around the catheter tube to stiffen the catheter tube for strengthening the catheter tube against radial compression forces.