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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Thomas J. Holman, South Minneapolis, MN (US);
Daniel Keith Tomaschko, Savage, MN (US);
Leo M. Klisch, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
Joseph M. Lyver, Hopkins, MN (US);
Richard Dunn, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Nie Tang, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
David Griswold, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Thomas J. Holman, South Minneapolis, MN (US);
Daniel Keith Tomaschko, Savage, MN (US);
Leo M. Klisch, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
Joseph M. Lyver, Hopkins, MN (US);
Richard Dunn, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Nie Tang, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
David Griswold, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to distal tip designs for catheter, wherein distal tip material is positioned about an inner shaft. The distal tip material may also be used as a tie layer for thermally bonding two incompatible materials together, such as a waist portion of a balloon to the inner shaft.