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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark L. Adams, Sandy, UT (US);
Todd Beaupre, Reading, MA (US);
Christopher L. Nardone, South Grafton, MA (US);
Mark Girard, Medway, MA (US);
Raymond Lareau, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0021 (2013.01); A61M 25/008 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/0043 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter shaft including a metallic tubular member including a plurality of apertures formed in the tubular wall of the metallic tubular member to provide a desired degree of flexibility to the metallic tubular member. The metallic tubular member includes a tapered region intermediate a region and a second, reduced diameter region relative to the first region.