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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Clay Northrop, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ted Layman, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James Paul, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A tubular support member located in a distal portion of an elongate flexible medical device is provided with a plurality of wall openings, e.g., axially-spaced, substantially transverse slots, formed therein to thereby increase a flexibility of the support member. A layer of sealing material overlays an outer surface the support member so as to provide a sealed portion of the support member including the wall openings, the sealing material having respective flexible invaginations formed therein overlaying the wall openings in the support member so that the sealing material does not substantially impede flexibility of the support member.