IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0813415
(2004-03-30)
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등록번호 |
US-7722795
(2010-06-14)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Boatman, Scott E.
- Burton, David G.
- Hoffa, Michael C.
- Osborne, Thomas A.
- Drewes, Jr., David A.
- Lessard, David R.
- Hupcey, Maggie A. Z.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Cook Incorporated and Sabin Corporation
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대리인 / 주소 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
134 |
초록
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A medical device (110) including a catheter shaft (111) and a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer, and optionally including an expandable balloon (18, 118). One or both of the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) and the balloon (18, 118) are made fr
A medical device (110) including a catheter shaft (111) and a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer, and optionally including an expandable balloon (18, 118). One or both of the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) and the balloon (18, 118) are made from an irradiation cross-linked or cross-linkable mixture of a polyamide elastomer and at least one additional cross-linking reactant. The polyamide elastomer can be a polyester amide, a polyether ester amide or a polyether amide, and is preferably a nylon block copolymer. The aromatic molecule can be 1,3,5 triethyl benzene; 1,2,4 triethyl benzene; and 1,3,5 triisopropyl benzene. The cross-linking reactant can be: (a) a difunctional material, (b) a trifunctional material, (c) a tetrafunctional material, or (d) an aromatic molecule containing at least two ring substituents, each of the ring substituents having labile hydrogens at a benzylic site therein. The cross-linking reactant can also be diallyl phthalate or meta-phenylene dimaleimide.
대표청구항
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The invention claimed is: 1. A process for assembling a medical device (110), the medical device (110) comprising a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer, and the process comprising: creating an irradiation cross-linkable mixture of a polyamide elastomer and at
The invention claimed is: 1. A process for assembling a medical device (110), the medical device (110) comprising a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer, and the process comprising: creating an irradiation cross-linkable mixture of a polyamide elastomer and at least one additional cross-linking reactant; forming the mixture into a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108), placing a shield (196) of varying density between the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) and a source of cross-linking irradiation; and exposing the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108), at least in part, to cross-linking irradiation, wherein forming is carried out so as to yield a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) comprising at least first and second parts (102 and 104) unitarily and continuously formed with one another, and the exposing step comprises exposing at least one of the first and second parts (102 or 104) to cross-linking irradiation, wherein the exposing step comprises exposing a unitarily and continuously formed transition zone (105) between the first and second parts (102 and 104) to a continuously varying amount of cross-linking irradiation. 2. A process for assembling a medical device (110), the medical device (110) comprising a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer, and the process comprising: creating an irradiation cross-linkable mixture of a polyamide elastomer and at least one additional cross-linking reactant; forming the mixture into a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108); and exposing the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108), at least in part, to cross-linking irradiation, placing a shield (198) between the unitary and continuously formed portion (108) and a source of cross-linking irradiation, prior to the exposing step, wherein the shield (196) has varying density between the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) and the source of cross-linking irradiation. 3. A process for assembling a medical device (110), the medical device (110) comprising a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108) having a varying durometer, and the process comprising: creating an irradiation cross-linkable mixture of a polyamide elastomer and at least one additional cross-linking reactant; forming the mixture into a unitarily and continuously formed portion (108); and exposing the unitarily and continuously formed portion (108), at least in part, to cross-linking irradiation, the cross-linking reactant comprising an aromatic molecule containing at least two ring substituents, each of the ring substituents having labile hydrogens at a benzylic site therein, selected from the class consisting of 1,3,5 triethyl benzene: 1,2,4 triethyl benzene; and 1,3,5 triisopropyl benzene.
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