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Method of forming a thin walled member by extrusion and medical device produced thereby

  • US 6,692,511 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2001
  • Issued: 02/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An intraluminal device comprising an elongated shaft having a tubular proximal portion, a tubular distal portion, and an extruded polymeric thin-walled tubular member with a wall thickness of about 0.00025 to about 0.0025 cm, the thin-walled tubular member being free of melt fracture and being disposed about and supporting a junction of the proximal and distal portions at which said proximal and distal portions are directly joined to one another.

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