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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Sean Mcferran, Newark, CA (US);
Roger Farnholtz, Fremont, CA (US);
Gitanjali V. Barry, Fremont, CA (US);
Kirsten C. Armstrong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean McFerran, Newark, CA (US);
Roger Farnholtz, Fremont, CA (US);
Gitanjali V. Barry, Fremont, CA (US);
Kirsten C. Armstrong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Catheters having a pre-shaped tip configuration are disclosed. A catheter in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention can include an elongated tubular shaft equipped with a distal tip section having a pre-shaped tip configuration that can be used to facilitate tracking of the device through particular locations of the vasculature. The catheter may include a number of features that transition the stiffness and flexibility characteristics of the device and provide a means to radiographically visualize the catheter within the body.