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Medical device

  • US 7,001,369 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2003
  • Issued: 02/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical device comprising:

  • an elongated inner tubular member including a proximal portion and a distal portion and defining an outer surface and a lumen;

    an elongated tubular reinforcing member having an inner surface, the reinforcing member being disposed about the proximal portion of the inner tubular member such that the distal portion of the inner tubular member is free of the reinforcing member, and such that at least a portion of the outer surface of the inner tubular member along the proximal portion faces and is spaced apart from the inner surface of the reinforcing member;

    wherein the reinforcing member comprises a wall defining a plurality of apertures; and

    wherein the spacing between the outer surface of the inner tubular member and the inner surface of the reinforcing member forms a space that is unfilled by any other structure of the device.

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