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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carlos A Fontirroche, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Stephen J Querns, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 86 ; 294551 ; 29516 ; 29523 ; 156296 ; 26417126 ; 26417319 ; 264516 ; 2645731 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
A method of making an intravascular balloon catheter that has an elongated shaft defining an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen, as well as a balloon disposed near the distal end of the shaft. The method may include forming an inner shaft by coextruding a flexible plastic tube by bringing a molten outer plastic layer into contact with a molten inner plastic layer, thereby bonding the plastic layers together during the coextrusion process. The inner plastic layer may be more lubricious than the outer plastic layer.