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Multisegmented guiding catheter for use in medical catheter systems
Assignee: Cordis Corp
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Filing: 1995-05-18
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Granted: 1997-08-19
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Expires: 2015-05-18
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a significantly improved guiding catheter for use in catheter systems. It utilizes a segmented body to tailor the catheter strength and flexibility for optimal responsiveness at the distal end. The segmented body utilizes progressively softer materials in the distal direction in order to improve overall maneuverability. The longest and proximalmost segment is substantially straight and harder or stiffer than the rest of the catheter and than typical guiding catheter bodies. This segment performs the function of a handle having a platform at its distal end in order to improve response in the distal segments of the remainder of the catheter. This invention improves the transmission of torque, axial and lateral forces and reduces the likelihood of kinking both laterally and radially. Achieved is improved control of the distal portion through input from the hub at the proximal end of the elongated stiff handle segment. The distal portion provides a softer shaft for transmitting torque over the aortic arch to the tip of the catheter. Guiding is optimized by segment. The softer material portion of the catheter, when inserted, generally coincides with the aortic arch and allows for optimal torque and push force transmission over the arch. Backup support is enhanced, the amount of backup activity being limited more by the ability of the operator to transmit manual input to the tip of the guiding catheter, rather than to tip construction.
Inventors
- 👤 Ninh H. Dang
- 👤 John C. Glasgow, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-10-24 21:13
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/0043; A61M25/0054; A61M25/0021; A61M25/0041; A61M25/0067; A61M25/008; A61M2025/0081; A61M25/005; A61M25/0053
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
334 words
A guiding catheter having enhanced control characteristics and a distal portion adapted to be shaped into a curved configuration for use within a body vessel, the guiding catheter comprising: an elongated catheter tube assembly, said tube assembly having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion having a tip member, and a lumen extending between said proximal and said distal end portions; a hub connected to said proximal end portion of the tube assembly; said elongated catheter tube assembly including an elongated proximal column tube extending from said proximal end portion to a proximalmost interface location along said elongated catheter tube assembly, said elongated proximal column tube having a stiffness ranging between Shore 70 D and about Shore 80 D; said elongated catheter tube assembly including a modulated-stiffness tube assembly extending from said proximalmost interface location to said tip member, said modulated-stiffness tube assembly having a plurality of tube sections each of which has different stiffness properties such that these tube sections are of decreasing stiffness in the distal direction; said elongated proximal column tube has a length substantially greater than and has a stiffness significantly greater than the total length and the maximum stiffness, respectively, of said modulated-stiffness tube assembly and of each individual section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly; said modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a proximalmost tube section, a distalmost tube section, and an intermediate tube section; said proximalmost one of said tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a stiffness ranging between about 58 D and 70 D and always less than said stiffness of the elongated proximal column tube; said proximalmost tube section is nylon homopolymer, said distalmost tube section is nylon copolymer, and said intermediate tube section is a polymer which is a blend of nylon homopolymer and nylon copolymer; and wherein said nylon homopolymer has a stiffness of between about Shore 58 D and about Shore 70 D, and wherein said nylon copolymer has a stiffness of between about Shore 30 D and about Shore 50 D.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
334 words
A guiding catheter having enhanced control characteristics and a distal portion adapted to be shaped into a curved configuration for use within a body vessel, the guiding catheter comprising: an elongated catheter tube assembly, said tube assembly having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion having a tip member, and a lumen extending between said proximal and said distal end portions; a hub connected to said proximal end portion of the tube assembly; said elongated catheter tube assembly including an elongated proximal column tube extending from said proximal end portion to a proximalmost interface location along said elongated catheter tube assembly, said elongated proximal column tube having a stiffness ranging between Shore 70 D and about Shore 80 D; said elongated catheter tube assembly including a modulated-stiffness tube assembly extending from said proximalmost interface location to said tip member, said modulated-stiffness tube assembly having a plurality of tube sections each of which has different stiffness properties such that these tube sections are of decreasing stiffness in the distal direction; said elongated proximal column tube has a length substantially greater than and has a stiffness significantly greater than the total length and the maximum stiffness, respectively, of said modulated-stiffness tube assembly and of each individual section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly; said modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a proximalmost tube section, a distalmost tube section, and an intermediate tube section; said proximalmost one of said tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a stiffness ranging between about 58 D and 70 D and always less than said stiffness of the elongated proximal column tube; said proximalmost tube section is nylon homopolymer, said distalmost tube section is nylon copolymer, and said intermediate tube section is a polymer which is a blend of nylon homopolymer and nylon copolymer; and wherein said nylon homopolymer has a stiffness of between about Shore 58 D and about Shore 70 D, and wherein said nylon copolymer has a stiffness of between about Shore 30 D and about Shore 50 D.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, wherein said elongated proximal column tube has a nylon tube extending its length.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 2, wherein said nylon is Nylon 12.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 2, wherein said nylon is Nylon 12 homopolymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, wherein said proximalmost interface location is an assembly location between said elongated proximal column tube and said modulated-stiffness tube assembly.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 5, wherein said assembly location welds together respective end surfaces of said elongated proximal column tube and a proximalmost tube section of said modulated-stiffness tube assembly.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly are joined together at one or more assembly locations.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 7, wherein said assembly locations weld together respective end surfaces of said tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, wherein said stiffness of the elongated proximal column tube is about Shore 75 D.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 9, wherein said proximalmost one of said tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a stiffness of about Shore 64 D.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, wherein said nylon homopolymer is Nylon 12.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, wherein said stiffness of the nylon homopolymer is about Shore 64 D, and said stiffness of the nylon copolymer is about Shore 40 D.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, further including a lubricious liner defining said lumen of said elongated catheter tube assembly along at least a major length thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The guiding catheter according to claim 1, further including a braid within said elongated catheter tube assembly along at least a major length thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
66 words
The catheter according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate segment has a stiffness of between about 45 D and about 65 D, and said distalmost segment has a stiffness of between about 30 D and about Shore 50 D, and wherein said proximalmost segment stiffness is greater than that of said intermediate segment and said intermediate segment stiffness is greater than that of said distalmost segment.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
273 words
A guiding catheter having enhanced control characteristics and a distal portion adapted to be shaped into a curved configuration for use within a body vessel, the guiding catheter comprising: an elongated catheter tube assembly, said tube assembly having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion having a tip member, and a lumen extending between said proximal and said distal end portions; a hub connected to said proximal end portion of the tube assembly; said elongated catheter tube assembly including an elongated proximal column tube extending from said proximal end portion to a proximalmost interface location along said elongated catheter tube assembly, said elongated proximal column tube having a stiffness ranging between Shore 70 D and about Shore 80 D; said elongated catheter tube assembly including a modulated-stiffness tube assembly extending from said proximalmost interface location to said tip member, said modulated-stiffness tube assembly having a plurality of tube sections each of which has different stiffness properties such that these tube sections are of decreasing stiffness in the distal direction; said elongated proximal column tube has a length substantially greater than and has a stiffness significantly greater than the total length and the maximum stiffness, respectively of said modulated-stiffness tube assembly and of each individual section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly; a proximalmost one of said tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a stiffness of about Shore 64 D; said proximalmost tube section is nylon homopolymer, a distalmost tube section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly is nylon copolymer, and an intermediate tube section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly is a polymer which is a blend of nylon homopolymer and nylon copolymer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
273 words
A guiding catheter having enhanced control characteristics and a distal portion adapted to be shaped into a curved configuration for use within a body vessel, the guiding catheter comprising: an elongated catheter tube assembly, said tube assembly having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion having a tip member, and a lumen extending between said proximal and said distal end portions; a hub connected to said proximal end portion of the tube assembly; said elongated catheter tube assembly including an elongated proximal column tube extending from said proximal end portion to a proximalmost interface location along said elongated catheter tube assembly, said elongated proximal column tube having a stiffness ranging between Shore 70 D and about Shore 80 D; said elongated catheter tube assembly including a modulated-stiffness tube assembly extending from said proximalmost interface location to said tip member, said modulated-stiffness tube assembly having a plurality of tube sections each of which has different stiffness properties such that these tube sections are of decreasing stiffness in the distal direction; said elongated proximal column tube has a length substantially greater than and has a stiffness significantly greater than the total length and the maximum stiffness, respectively of said modulated-stiffness tube assembly and of each individual section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly; a proximalmost one of said tube sections of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly has a stiffness of about Shore 64 D; said proximalmost tube section is nylon homopolymer, a distalmost tube section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly is nylon copolymer, and an intermediate tube section of the modulated-stiffness tube assembly is a polymer which is a blend of nylon homopolymer and nylon copolymer.
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