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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Axel Grandt, Strassberg, DE;
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Andrew Jeffrey, Tuebingen, DE;
Bodo Quint, Rottenburg-Seebronn, DE;
Stevan Nielsen, Rottenburg, DE;
Thomas Rieth, Hirrlingen, DE;
Axel Grandt, Strassberg, DE;
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Andrew Jeffrey, Tuebingen, DE;
Bodo Quint, Rottenburg-Seebronn, DE;
Stevan Nielsen, Rottenburg, DE;
Thomas Rieth, Hirrlingen, DE;
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a catheter and method of making the same including an outer tubular member having a length, an outer surface, an inner surface and a lumen therethrough. The catheter also includes an inner tubular member having an outer surface, an inner surface and a lumen therethrough, at least a length of the inner lumen is disposed in the lumen of the outer tubular member. The catheter also includes a support member biasing a portion of the outer surface of the inner tubular member against a portion of the inner surface of the outer tubular member.