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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. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Jerald A. Johansen, Canyon Lake, CA (US);
Diego D. Cueto, Dana Point, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jerald A. Johansen, Canyon Lake, CA (US);
Diego D. Cueto, Dana Point, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Spectranetics Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hollow medical device includes a coil member having a distal end, a proximal end, a plurality of turns extending therebetween, and a lumen extending through the turns. The coil member further includes at least one weld extending from one turn to an adjacent turn.