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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Applicants:
John A. Zawacki, Shorewood, MN (US);
Kelly B. Powers, North Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
John A. Zawacki, Shorewood, MN (US);
Kelly B. Powers, North Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-lumen catheter including tip sections distal to a dividing point, the tip sections releasably joined by a method that produces a variable separation force between the tip sections along a length thereof. An increasing separation force may be imparted to the tip sections by providing an increasing bond strength in fusion zones from a distal portion of the tip sections toward the dividing point.