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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0098 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a catheter and method. The catheter can be configured as a guiding catheter with a flexible shaft section, a hub disposed at a proximal portion of the shaft section, and a strain relief section that surrounds a predetermined proximal-side range of the shaft section. A distal end of the strain relief section can be moved along an axial direction of the shaft section at least toward the side where the hub is located.