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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
Abstract
An intravascular catheter including a proximal stiff metallic tube and a distal flexible tube. A distal portion of the metallic tube has a portion removed to define a void (e.g., spiral slot) which decreases the stiffness of the metallic tube. A proximal portion of the distal flexible tube is disposed in the void to provide a secure connection and to blend the stiffness of the metallic proximal tube and the flexible distal tube without significantly increasing profile.