Nested tubing sections and method for making

• US 6,350,341 B1
• Filed: 07/09/1999
• Issued: 02/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
• Original Assignee: Embol X Inc (Edwards Lifesciences Corporation)
• Inventors: Sunseri, Gary
• Primary Examiner(s): Maki, Steven D.
• Application Number:
  US09/350,780
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 156/294, 156/292, 156/253, 606/192, 606/194, 604/96.01, 604/103, 604/523, 604/264, 604/534
• US Class Current: 156/253
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0009 Making of catheters or other medical or surgical tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0045 multi-layered, e.g. coated coating materials A61L29/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/10 Balloon catheters A61M25/0125 takes precedence; embolectomy A61B17/22032; retractors A61B17/02; inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 ; stomach balloons for treatment of obesity A61F5/0003; oesophagal tubes A61J15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/1027 Making of balloon catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/1036 Making parts for balloon catheter systems, e.g. shafts or distal ends A61M25/1029 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1057 Subsequent to assembly of laminae

Abstract

The invention provides a nested tubing cannula which comprises outer and inner elongate tubular members, both having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The inner tubular member is sealed at its distal end and is nested substantially coaxially within the lumen of the outer tubular member, so that the gap between the inner and the outer tubular member defines a second lumen whereas the first lumen is the lumen of the inner tubular member. A tubular sleeve is disposed coaxially between the inner and outer tubular members. A balloon is mounted on a distal region of the outer tubular member and is in communication with the first lumen. The cannula further comprises a port proximal or distal the balloon occluder and is in communication with the second lumen. Methods for making the devices herein are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for making nested tubing sections, comprising the steps of:

providing an inner tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween;

heat-bonding a beading into the lumen of the inner tubular member to seal the distal end;

heat-bonding a tubular sleeve circumferentially about the distal end of the inner tubular member, so that the distal end of the tubular sleeve and the distal end of the inner tubular member are substantially aligned;

providing an outer tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween;

nesting the inner tubular member within the lumen of the outer tubular member so that the distal end of the tubular sleeve, the distal end of the inner tubular member, and the distal end of the outer tubular member are all substantially aligned with one another; and

heat-bonding the outer tubular member to the tubular sleeve.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of creating a channel through the outer tubular member, the tubular sleeve, and the inner tubular member, said channel in communication with the lumen of the inner tubular member.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of creating a channel through the outer tubular member, said channel in communication with the lumen disposed between the inner and outer tubular members.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of mounting an elastomeric balloon on the distal end of the outer tubular member.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of heat bending the distal end of the inner and outer tubular members so that the distal end is angulated relative to the proximal end.

6. A method for making nested tubing sections, comprising the steps of:

providing an inner tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween;

heat-bonding a beading into the lumen of the inner tubular member to seal the distal end;

heat-bonding a tubular sleeve circumferentially about the distal end of the inner tubular member, so that the distal end of the tubular sleeve and the distal end of the inner tubular member are substantially aligned;

providing an outer tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween;

nesting the inner tubular member within the lumen of the outer tubular member so that the distal end of the tubular sleeve, the distal end of the inner tubular member, and the distal end of the outer tubular member are all substantially aligned with one another;

heat-bonding the outer tubular member to the tubular sleeve; and

heat bending the distal end of the inner and outer tubular members so that an axis of the distal end is displaced at approximately a ninety degree angle relative to an axis of the proximal end.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of creating a channel through the outer tubular members the tubular sleeve, and the inner tubular member, said channel in communication with the lumen of the inner tubular member.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising a step of creating a channel through the outer tubular member, said channel in communication with the lumen disposed between the inner and outer tubular members.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of mounting an elastomeric balloon on the distal end of the outer tubular member.