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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Adam D. Grovender, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Benjamin Gundale, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas Knowles, Hermantown, MN (US);
Roger W. Mcgowan, Otsego, MN (US);
Todd Rowe, Excelsior, MN (US);
Charles Rundquist, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Chuanjing Xu, Chaska, MN (US);
Adam D. Grovender, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Benjamin Gundale, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas Knowles, Hermantown, MN (US);
Roger W. McGowan, Otsego, MN (US);
Todd Rowe, Excelsior, MN (US);
Charles Rundquist, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Chuanjing Xu, Chaska, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An elongate shaft of a medical catheter including a thermoset polymeric tubular member including a skived distal portion. The skived distal portion includes a distally extending trough having a convex surface and a concave surface. A thermoplastic tubular sleeve may be positioned over at least a portion of the skived distal portion of the thermoset polymeric tubular member. In some instances, the thermoplastic tubular sleeve includes a crescent-shaped tubular portion defining a crescent-shaped lumen. The trough of the skived distal portion may extend through the crescent-shaped lumen. The thermoplastic tubular sleeve is thermally bonded to the inner and outer tubular members of a distal section of the elongate shaft at a guidewire port joint.