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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Axel Grandt, Strassberg, DE;
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Rieth, Hirrlingen, DE;
Axel Grandt, Strassberg, DE;
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Rieth, Hirrlingen, DE;
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a first guidewire lumen and a second guidewire lumen. Each guide wire lumen including a proximal port and a distal port in communication with an external environment. The proximal port of the first guidewire lumen spaced by a gap from the distal port of the second guidewire lumen. In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, the catheter includes a plurality of overlapping stiffening members defined along at least a portion of a length between the distal end and the proximal end of the elongate main body.