Catheter with marker sleeve
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1. Catheter comprising:
- a tube-like body with a proximal and a distal end, marking means arranged close to the distal end made of a material opaque to X-radiation;
whereby the marking means are formed by at least one tube-like marker sleeve made of a plastic material opaque to X-radiation, arranged around the tube-like body;
wherein a balloon marker has been arranged at the catheter distal end and the marker sleeve extends over substantially the entire length of the balloon member; and
wherein said tube-like body comprises an outer element and, received inside and partly sticking out of said outer element at its distal end, an inner element, the balloon member extending over the protruding section of said inner element and wherein the marker sleeve has been arranged around the protruding section of the inner element.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a catheter comprising a tube-like basic body with a proximal and a distal end, marking means made of a material opaque to X-radiation arranged close to the distal end. The marking means may be formed by at least one tube-like marker sleeve made of a plastic material opaque to X-radiation arranged around the basic body. At the distal end a balloon member may have been arranged and the marker sleeve may substantially extend over the effective length of the balloon member.
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6 Claims
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1. Catheter comprising:
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a tube-like body with a proximal and a distal end, marking means arranged close to the distal end made of a material opaque to X-radiation; whereby the marking means are formed by at least one tube-like marker sleeve made of a plastic material opaque to X-radiation, arranged around the tube-like body; wherein a balloon marker has been arranged at the catheter distal end and the marker sleeve extends over substantially the entire length of the balloon member; and wherein said tube-like body comprises an outer element and, received inside and partly sticking out of said outer element at its distal end, an inner element, the balloon member extending over the protruding section of said inner element and wherein the marker sleeve has been arranged around the protruding section of the inner element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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