Internal joint for medical devices
Internal joints for medical devices such as delivery systems for stents, prosthetic valve devices, and other implantable articles inside a patient's body, and methods of manufacturing the internal joint, are provided with an inner compression member having a distal mating end portion. A tubular...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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02.06.2011
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Summary: | Internal joints for medical devices such as delivery systems for stents, prosthetic valve devices, and other implantable articles inside a patient's body, and methods of manufacturing the internal joint, are provided with an inner compression member having a distal mating end portion. A tubular inner guide channel member has first and second end portions defining a channel therebetween, the first end portion including an entry port and the second end portion including an exit port. The inner compression member distal mating end portion is implanted into the inner guide channel member second end portion between inner and outer surfaces or melt bonds to one of the inner guide channel member second end portion inner or outer surfaces. In another embodiment, the inner compression member distal mating end portion melt bonds to one of the inner guide channel member second end portion inner and outer surfaces. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: AU20060236275 |