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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2003
Mark S. Holzapfel, Cedar, MN (US);
Martin J. Plantenberg, Rogers, MN (US);
Daniel K. Tomaschko, Savage, MN (US);
Richard J. Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
Mark S. Holzapfel, Cedar, MN (US);
Martin J. Plantenberg, Rogers, MN (US);
Daniel K. Tomaschko, Savage, MN (US);
Richard J. Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.