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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen Streatfield Gill, Bristol, GB;
Mathew David Frederick Stratton, Stroud, GB;
Hugo George Derrick, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Streatfield Gill, Bristol, GB;
Mathew David Frederick Stratton, Stroud, GB;
Hugo George Derrick, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW (IRELAND) LIMITED, Swords, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/028 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0042 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0046 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0047 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0048 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09091 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0687 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0693 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter assembly for insertion into the brain. The assembly comprises a first length of tubing made of a first material. A second material surrounds the first length of tubing, the second material being more flexible than the first material and having a hardness of less than 50 Rockwell E. The second material provides damping to the first length of tubing.