Bonding sleeve for a medical device
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1. A catheter comprising:
- a shaft having a distal portion and a proximal portion;
a balloon mounted around the catheter, said balloon having a proximal end and a distal end, a proximal cone portion, a distal cone portion and a center portion; and
a heat shrinkable sleeve shrunk onto the shaft at a location distal to the distal end of balloon, the heat shrinkable sleeve in direct contact with the distal cone portion and covering only a portion of the distal cone portion of the balloon,wherein the balloon is secured to the shaft and the catheter is sterilized and prepared to safely enter a body.
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Abstract
A medical device delivery system comprises an inner tube, a medical device disposed about a portion of the distal region of the inner tube, a medical device sheath disposed about the medical device, a medical device sheath retraction device extending proximally from the medical device sheath and an outer sheath disposed about a portion of the medical device sheath retraction device. The distal end of the outer sheath terminates at least one medical device length proximal of the medical device. The medical device sheath is movable relative to the outer sheath and relative to the inner tube.
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1. A catheter comprising:
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a shaft having a distal portion and a proximal portion; a balloon mounted around the catheter, said balloon having a proximal end and a distal end, a proximal cone portion, a distal cone portion and a center portion; and a heat shrinkable sleeve shrunk onto the shaft at a location distal to the distal end of balloon, the heat shrinkable sleeve in direct contact with the distal cone portion and covering only a portion of the distal cone portion of the balloon, wherein the balloon is secured to the shaft and the catheter is sterilized and prepared to safely enter a body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A catheter comprising:
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a shaft having a distal portion and a proximal portion; a balloon mounted around the shaft, said balloon having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a center portion; the catheter terminating at its distal end in a distal tip in the form of a heat shrinkable sleeve which has been shrunk, the sleeve in contact with the shaft, the heat shrinkable sleeve at least partially covering a portion of the distal portion of the balloon, wherein the balloon is secured to the shaft, the balloon is not bonded to the catheter and the catheter is sterilized and prepared to safely enter a body.
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