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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Ralph Schneider, Rangendingen, DE;
Judith Hartwig, Dotternhausen, DE;
Stevan Nielsen, Rottenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Ralph Schneider, Rangendingen, DE;
Judith Hartwig, Dotternhausen, DE;
Stevan Nielsen, Rottenburg, DE;
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A catheter is configured to prevent kinking of a catheter during handling or mounting of a pressure device. The catheter has a proximal end of its catheter shaft that is provided with a bending section having a flexibility greater than that of the section of the catheter shaft joining the proximal end.