Method for die release during catheter tipping
CA 2008303 C · Owner: Williamitis, Victor A. · Inventors: Williamitis, Victor A.
Overview
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A method for catheter tipping includes applying to a catheter blank a layer of a noncuring aminoalkyl terminated polysiloxane lubricant, mounting the lubricated blank on a mandrel and advancing the mandrel-catheter assembly into a heated die so that the die causes the heated tip of the blank to assume the shape of the die. The catheter may then be cut beyond the shaped tip and easily removed from both the die and the mandrel.
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- Filed January 23, 1990 and granted March 8, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2010.
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