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

Claim 13:
14. 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 and a second section of the catheter tube consisting of a second material having second durometer less than the first 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 second section of the catheter tube into the flared proximal-end portion of the first section of the catheter tube; and
welding the first section and the second section of the catheter tube together to form a junction between the first section and the second section of the catheter tube.