A therapeutic catheter and method used in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with the catheter comprising a shaft (5) a soft tip assembly. The assembly consists of a transition tube (15), a soft tip tube (20), and plug tube (25). The assembly is surrounded by a shrink wrap means. An infrared source (45) is applied to the interface of the shaft (5) and transition tube (15) with the heat being propagated to the transition tube (15) and the soft tip tube (20). The transition tube (15) is formed of materials having a tensile strength of at least 150 % of the materials comprising the soft tip tube (20).
申请公布号
WO9529726(A1)
申请公布日期
1995.11.09
申请号
WO1995US04574
申请日期
1995.04.13
申请人
MEDTRONIC, INC.;BRIN, DAVID, S.;LUNN, PETER, A.;MAC DONALD, STUART, R.
发明人
BRIN, DAVID, S.;LUNN, PETER, A.;MAC DONALD, STUART, R.