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US4636346A
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Preparing guiding catheter
Assignee: Cordis Corp
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Filing: 1985-02-06
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Granted: 1987-01-13
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Expires: 2005-02-06
Abstract
Abstract A thin-walled guiding catheter of the type having a distal end adapted to be formed into curved configurations and passed through branching blood vessels and the like is prepared with a three-layered tubular body portion having a lubricious inner sheath defining a lubricious guiding lumen, a rigid intermediate sheath, and a flexible outer sheath, which may be radiopaque. The distal tip portion thereof has a similar construction, but from which the rigid intermediate sheath is omitted. The guiding catheter exhibits excellent torque response and control while being especially thin-walled, thereby permitting minimization of the outer diameter size while permitting passage of an intravascular catheter and the like through its lumen.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey G. Gold
- 👤 Gyan S. Pande
- 👤 Kevin Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 20:51
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/0009; A61M25/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A method of making a guiding catheter having a distal end adapted to be formed into curved configurations and passed through branching blood vessels and having a longitudinal lumen therethrough for receiving an intravascular catheter and the like, the method comprising: forming a continuous and uninterrupted longitudinal lubricious interior sheath coating onto a mandrel; extruding a generally rigid intermediate sheath radially over the lubricious interior sheath; coating a generally flexible outer sheath radially over the generally rigid intermediate sheath; removing a distal end axial length of said generally flexible outer sheath; removing a distal end axial length of said generally rigid intermediate sheath and thereby exposing a distal end axial length of said lubricious interior sheath; and securing a length of generally flexible outer sheath onto and over said exposed distal end axial length of the continuous and uninterrupted longitudinal lubricious interior sheath to thereby form a two-layered atraumatic distal end tip portion that is an axial length of generally flexible outer sheath secured onto the exposed distal end axial length of the continuous lubricious interior sheath.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
177 words
A method of making a guiding catheter having a distal end adapted to be formed into curved configurations and passed through branching blood vessels and having a longitudinal lumen therethrough for receiving an intravascular catheter and the like, the method comprising: forming a continuous and uninterrupted longitudinal lubricious interior sheath coating onto a mandrel; extruding a generally rigid intermediate sheath radially over the lubricious interior sheath; coating a generally flexible outer sheath radially over the generally rigid intermediate sheath; removing a distal end axial length of said generally flexible outer sheath; removing a distal end axial length of said generally rigid intermediate sheath and thereby exposing a distal end axial length of said lubricious interior sheath; and securing a length of generally flexible outer sheath onto and over said exposed distal end axial length of the continuous and uninterrupted longitudinal lubricious interior sheath to thereby form a two-layered atraumatic distal end tip portion that is an axial length of generally flexible outer sheath secured onto the exposed distal end axial length of the continuous lubricious interior sheath.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of removing the distal end length of the generally flexible outer sheath includes using an abrasive member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of removing the distal end length of the generally rigid intermediate sheath includes using a solvent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
232 words
A fuseless method of making a guiding catheter having a distal end adapted to be formed into curved configurations and passed through branching blood vessels and having a longitudinal lumen therethrough for receiving an intravascular catheter and the like, the method comprising: coating a continuous and uninterrupted longitudinal lubricious interior sheath coating onto a mandrel; extruding a longitudinal axially gapped generally rigid intermediate sheath radially over the lubricious interior sheath coating, wherein said extruding step includes providing a longitudinal axial gap and a longitudinal axial length of the generally rigid intermediate sheath, said longitudinal axial gap exposing an axial length of the lubricious interior sheath coating; and extruding a generally flexible outer sheath coating radially over the longitudinal axially gapped generally rigid intermediate sheath and the continuous and uninterrupted interior sheath, said extruding step laying down a continuous and uninterrupted flexible polymer elongated sheath over said longitudinal axial gap to form a two-layered atraumatic distal end tip that is an axial length of generally flexible outer sheath radially positioned over the exposed length of the lubricious interior sheath coating, and the continuous and uninterrupted flexible polymer elongated sheath laid down by said extruding step is continuously laid down over said longitudinal axial length of the generally rigid intermediate sheath to form a tubular body integral with said atraumatic distal end tip without fusing said atraumatic distal end tip to said tubular body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
232 words
A fuseless method of making a guiding catheter having a distal end adapted to be formed into curved configurations and passed through branching blood vessels and having a longitudinal lumen therethrough for receiving an intravascular catheter and the like, the method comprising: coating a continuous and uninterrupted longitudinal lubricious interior sheath coating onto a mandrel; extruding a longitudinal axially gapped generally rigid intermediate sheath radially over the lubricious interior sheath coating, wherein said extruding step includes providing a longitudinal axial gap and a longitudinal axial length of the generally rigid intermediate sheath, said longitudinal axial gap exposing an axial length of the lubricious interior sheath coating; and extruding a generally flexible outer sheath coating radially over the longitudinal axially gapped generally rigid intermediate sheath and the continuous and uninterrupted interior sheath, said extruding step laying down a continuous and uninterrupted flexible polymer elongated sheath over said longitudinal axial gap to form a two-layered atraumatic distal end tip that is an axial length of generally flexible outer sheath radially positioned over the exposed length of the lubricious interior sheath coating, and the continuous and uninterrupted flexible polymer elongated sheath laid down by said extruding step is continuously laid down over said longitudinal axial length of the generally rigid intermediate sheath to form a tubular body integral with said atraumatic distal end tip without fusing said atraumatic distal end tip to said tubular body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The fuseless method according to claim 4, wherein said step of forming the longitudinally gapped generally rigid intermediate sheath is carried out by intermittently extruding the generally rigid intermediate sheath.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The fuseless method according to claim 4, wherein said step of forming the longitudinally gapped generally rigid intermediate sheath includes continuously extruding the generally rigid intermediate sheath and removing a longitudinal gap length of the generally rigid intermediate sheath.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The fuseless method according to claim 4, wherein said lubricious interior sheath coating, said generally rigid intermediate sheath and said generally flexible outer sheath are coextruded.
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