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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventors:
Christopher N. Korkuch, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Allen R. Mantz, New Ringgold, PA (US);
Assignee:
TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Morrisville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/001 (2013.01); A61M 25/008 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0069 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible tip dilator is disclosed. The flexible tip dilator includes a hollow elongated tubular member with a proximal region and a tapered distal region. The tapered distal region has three regions with a first region made from at least a first material but not a second material and a third region made from at least the second material but not the first material. The second region is includes both the first and second materials overlapping one another.