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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Ryan T. Moehle, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Charles L. Farnworth, Riverton, UT (US);
Dwight T. Hibdon, Park City, UT (US);
Ryan C. Patterson, Farmington, UT (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A catheter assembly, includes a catheter body, a tubular structure and a stabilizing cuff around a longitudinal length of the tubular structure. The tubular structure may be affixed to an exterior surface of the catheter body, and may include a tapered outer surface at a first terminal end of the tubular structure. The tapered outer surface may have a first outer diameter at the first terminal end of the tubular structure and a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter at a terminal end of the tapered outer surface opposite the first terminal end. The tubular structure may have a third outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter at a second terminal end of the tubular structure opposite the first terminal end.