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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Andrea Venturelli, Roncadelle, IT;
Inventor:
Andrea Venturelli, Roncadelle, IT;
Assignee:
Invatec S.r.l., Roncadelle (Brescia), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Tube, in particular for the use in medical devices in the form of catheters for endoluminal operations, wherein in at least one portion of its wall there are obtained notches (either slits or grooves) such as to locally increase the flexibility of the tube. The notches are provided in at least one distal zone of said tube.