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Catheter system

  • US 10,716,914 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2014
  • Issued: 07/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter system comprising:

  • a catheter having an elongate flexible shaft, the shaft having an outer surface defining an outer transverse cross-sectional dimension; and

    a handle having a connector for connecting the catheter to the handle, the connector being generally tubular having a sidewall, an open front end, an open rear end and a channel extending longitudinally within the connector from the front end to the rear end thereof, the connector channel has an inner transverse cross-sectional dimension that receives the catheter shaft therein, at least a segment of the channel being configured such that the inner transverse cross-sectional dimension thereof is greater than the outer transverse cross-sectional dimension of the catheter shaft, said connector further having a port extending through the sidewall into fluid communication with said at least a segment of the channel, the port exposing the catheter shaft within said segment of the channel and permitting adhesive to enter the channel via the port and flow circumferentially about the outer surface of the catheter shaft within said segment of the channel, wherein, over a first segment of the connector channel, an inner surface of the sidewall is tapered such that the inner transverse cross-sectional dimension of the connector channel increases as the connector channel extends towards the front end.

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