Patent ID: 11890429
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method of making a rapidly inserted central catheter (“RICC”), comprising:
obtaining a first section of a catheter tube consisting of a first material having a first durometer, a second section of the catheter tube consisting of a second material having a second durometer, and a third section of the catheter tube including a third material having a third durometer between the first durometer and the second durometer;
flaring a proximal-end portion of the first section of the catheter tube to form a flared proximal-end portion of the first section of the catheter tube;
inserting a tapered distal-end portion of the third section of the catheter tube into the flared proximal-end portion of the first section of the catheter tube;
abutting a distal-end portion of the second section of the catheter tube and the proximal-end portion of the third section of the catheter tube; and
welding the first, second, and third sections of the catheter tube together to form a junction of the third material between the first section and the second section of the catheter tube.