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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Howard Root, Excelsior, MN (US);
Jeff Welch, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jason Garrity, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dean Peterson, Rogers, MN (US);
Howard Root, Excelsior, MN (US);
Jeff Welch, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jason Garrity, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dean Peterson, Rogers, MN (US);
Vascular Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter to be passed over a guidewire, including a screw portion with a cylindrical hollow shaft and a helical thread portion extending outwardly from the hollow shaft. The screw portion is secured coaxially to a tubular portion formed from a substantially rigid material. The tubular portion has, along a portion of its length, at least two slits having a pattern geometry that limits torsional displacement. The catheter also includes a hub having a lumen joined substantially coaxially to the tubular portion.