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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
James W. Mann, Elkton, MD (US);
Sherif A. Eskaros, Elkton, MD (US);
Eric C. Lafferty, Bear, DE (US);
David J. Messick, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
James W. Mann, Elkton, MD (US);
Sherif A. Eskaros, Elkton, MD (US);
Eric C. Lafferty, Bear, DE (US);
David J. Messick, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Catheter having a proximal section and a distal section. The proximal section having at least a delivery lumen and a guidewire receiving lumen, the guidewire receiving lumen having a proximal guidewire exit port at a location proximal of the distal end of the proximal section. A reinforcing tubular member located in the proximal section delivery lumen extending from substantially the proximal end of the proximal section to a point distal to the proximal guidewire exit port, wherein the reinforcing tubular member transitions from relatively rigid to relatively more flexible from a proximal point to a distal point thereon and has an outer diameter equal to about the inner diameter of the delivery lumen for at least a portion of the reinforcing tubular member that extends distal to the proximal guidewire exit port. The distal section having at least a delivery lumen and a guidewire receiving lumen.