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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David McGee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jamil Ahmad, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas M Bourne, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Idaomi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simplicio Velilla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David K Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
EP Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604282 ; 604264 ; 604280 ; 604 95 ;
Abstract
A sleeve assembly for use in the transition region of a catheter between a relatively stiff catheter body and a less stiff distal catheter region mediates the difference in stiffness between these two catheter regions.