CATHETER HAVING HYPOTUBES JOINED BY LINK MEMBER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

Abstract: a catheter includes: a first tubular structure; a second tubular structure, wherein the first tubular structure and the second tubular structure are arranged serially with respect to each other along a longitudinal axis of the catheter; and a polymeric connector located between (1) a part of the first tubular structure at an end of the first tubular structure and (2) a part of the second tubular structure at an end of the second tubular structure; wherein the polymeric connector is configured to couple the first tubular structure and the second tubular structure to each other, and/or to prevent the first tubular structure and the second tubular structure from separating from each other.

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Wayne Baxter, Michael Troy Poor

CPC Classification: A61M39/10 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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