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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas N. Trotta, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
Abstract
In a torsion control catheter including a tubular body and a flexible tip connected to the tubular body, the improvement comprising a copolymer catheter tip composition comprising a first monomer of polyamide and a second monomer of polyamide having a lower alkyl side chain group attached to a polyamide backbone. The flexible catheter tip may include one or more tip members, at least one of which may be formed of the copolymer composition.