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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Michael P. Boutilette, Waltham, MA (US);
James E. Windheuser, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Oscar Carrillo, Attleboro, MA (US);
Michael P. Boutilette, Waltham, MA (US);
James E. Windheuser, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Oscar Carrillo, Attleboro, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a channel opening the lumen to an exterior of the catheter, wherein a width of the channel is less than a maximum width of the channel portion. A guide wire ramp extends into the channel portion, with the ramp extending further into the lumen of the channel portion as a distal end of the ramp is approached.