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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:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Torben Bertsch, Nuremberg, DE;
Inventor:
Torben Bertsch, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention consists of a surface structure for a friction or sliding surface of a catheter () or guide wire () characterized by a plurality of recesses () distributed on the surface for accommodating a friction-reducing fluid and by sliding surfaces () between the recesses ().