<p>A method of manufacturing a catheter assembly generally includes providing a catheter shaft having an outer layer and an inner reinforcing layer; removing at least a portion of the outer layer from a length of the distal end of the catheter shaft in order to expose a distal segment thereof; providing an inner jacket segment; axially engaging the inner jacket segment with an interior surface of the distal segment of the catheter shaft; providing an outer jacket segment around at least the exposed exterior region of the distal segment of the catheter shaft; and bonding the distal segment of the catheter shaft to the inner jacket segment and the outer jacket segment.</p>
申请公布号
EP2190514(A1)
申请公布日期
2010.06.02
申请号
EP20080870220
申请日期
2008.12.18
申请人
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
发明人
TEGG, TROY T.;STEHR, RICHARD E.;FUENTES, ALLAN M.;NEMEC, LINDA