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Lubricious surface extruded tubular members for medical devices
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 1998-04-28
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Granted: 2000-07-11
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Expires: 2018-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A catheter tube having improved strength and lubricity. The catheter tube can be used advantageously as a guide wire tube for small profile intravascular catheters. The tube can be formed by extruding a mixture of thermoplastic polymeric material, hard particles, lubricating particles, and a lubricant. The lubricant is preferably an external lubricant capable of forming a film over the tube surfaces. One tube is formed of polyamide, molybdenum disulfide particles, PTFE particles, and zinc stearate. Applicants believe the hard disulfide particles and lubricating PTFE particles protrude from the tubular surfaces and are coated with a film of lubricating zinc stearate. The film is believed to reduce the friction and resulting PTFE elongation caused by a guide wire sliding over the PTFE protrusions.
Inventors
- 👤 Brooke Q. Ren
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 00:07
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/0009; A61L; A61L29/00; A61L29/12; A61L29/126; A61L29/14; B; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/022; A61M25/0043; A61M25/0045; A61M2025/0046; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; B29C48/08; B29C48/09; B29C48/12; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/753; B29L2031/7542; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/139; Y10T428/1397
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube comprising the tubular product of extrusion of a mixture comprising: a thermoplastic polyamide; hard particles selected from the group consisting of silica, mica, glass bead, wollastonite, talc, molybdenum disulfide and mixtures thereof, said hard particles having a Mohs hardness greater than or equal to 1; polytetrafluoroethylenc particles; and an external lubricant selected from the group consisting of paraffin wax, polyethylene waxes, metallic soaps, fatty acid esters of glycerol, montanic soaps, and mixtures thereof; said tubular product having, high lubricity and high collapse pressures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube comprising the tubular product of extrusion of a mixture comprising: a thermoplastic polyamide; hard particles selected from the group consisting of silica, mica, glass bead, wollastonite, talc, molybdenum disulfide and mixtures thereof, said hard particles having a Mohs hardness greater than or equal to 1; polytetrafluoroethylenc particles; and an external lubricant selected from the group consisting of paraffin wax, polyethylene waxes, metallic soaps, fatty acid esters of glycerol, montanic soaps, and mixtures thereof; said tubular product having, high lubricity and high collapse pressures.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube as recited in claim 1 wherein said hard particles comprise molybdenum disulfide particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube as recited in claim 1 wherein said hard particles comprise molybdenum disulfide and said external lubricant comprises zinc stearate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube as recited in claim 3 wherein said molybdenum disulfide has an average particle size in the range of about 0.3 micron to about 40 microns and a concentration in the range of about 2% to about 8%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube as recited in claim 3 wherein said polytetrafluoroethylene particles have an average particle size in the range of about 0.1 micron to about 1 micron and a concentration of not greater than about 5%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube as recited in claim 3 wherein said zinc stearate has a concentration in the range of about 0.1% to 2.0%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
A lubricious polymeric catheter tube as recited in claim 3 wherein said molybdenum disulfide has an average particle size in the range of about 0.3 micron to about 40 microns and a concentration in the range of about 2% to about 8%, wherein said polytetrafluoroethylene particles have an average particle size in the range of about 0.1 micron to about 1 micron and a concentration of not greater than about 5%, and wherein said zinc stearate has a concentration in the range of about 0.1% to about 2.0%.
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