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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Georges Boussignac, Antony, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a catheter ( ) designed to be inserted in a corporeal duct and comprising a flexible elongated body, rigid in traction, including a sealed tubular sheath ( ) for transmitting a fluid under pressure and capable of being subjected to radial collapse. Said catheter is characterized in that said sheath ( ) is made at least partially of a flexible material and has a thin wall ( ) with uneven surface, such that, when said sheath ( ) is subjected to such a radial collapse, the irregularities at the surface thereof maintain a fluid communication ( ) between said sheath ( ) ends.