Patent ID: 9687932
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B21F,B23K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A conduit comprised of a wire coiled to form the conduit, the wire having a cross-section with a major axis and a minor axis, wherein a thickness of the wire along the major axis is greater than a thickness of the wire along the minor axis; wherein the conduit is flexible between straight configuration and a bent configuration; wherein the conduit includes a plurality of windings defined by the wire; wherein adjacent windings of the plurality of windings contact each other when the conduit is in the straight configuration and become spaced apart when the conduit is in the bent configuration; wherein the wire of the conduit defines an inner diameter of the conduit and an outer diameter of the conduit, the conduit has a length, and wherein the inner diameter is constant along substantially the entire length of the conduit; wherein the wire has opposed first and second sides on opposite sides of the major axis and extending along the major axis and wherein a coating is provided on only the first side of the wire so that when the wire is coiled to form the conduit, the first side of the wire forms an inner passageway of the conduit so that the coating is provided on the inner passageway of the conduit.