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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Thomas N. Trotta, Sunny Isles Beach, FL (US);
Thomas N. Trotta, Sunny Isles Beach, FL (US);
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
A balloon dilatation catheter has a relatively strong proximal tube made of a material such as for example metal hypotubing. The distal end of the catheter includes an inflatable medical device or balloon, an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen. A transition assembly or stiffening member is positioned between the proximal tube and the distal end section, providing for a flexible transition between the two components of diverse stiffness, namely the proximal tube and the flexible distal end portion. A proximal end of the stiffening member may float within a distal end of the proximal tube but the stiffening member distal end is affixed near its distal end to the shaft. The dilatation catheter may have a rapid exchange configuration, and is generally used in conjunction with a guiding catheter. During a procedure when the catheters are within the vascular system, the portion of the dilatation catheter near the transition readily follows curved portions of the inserted guiding catheter.