Patent ID: 9623206
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A catheter comprising: an elongate tubular outer member; an elongate tubular inner member disposed within the outer member; an annular cavity disposed in between the outer member and the inner member; and a tubular braid of filaments disposed in the annular cavity; wherein the outer member and the inner member are movable relative to each other along intermediate portions thereof when in a first configuration and are not movable relative to each other when in a second configuration; wherein the tubular braid of filaments is movably disposed relative to at least one of the outer member and the inner member when the outer member and the inner member are in the first configuration; and wherein the tubular braid of filaments is fixedly disposed relative to both the outer member and the inner member when the outer member and the inner member are in the second configuration, and wherein the annular cavity is configured to be coupled to a vacuum source that applies a vacuum to the annular cavity such that when the vacuum is applied, the outer member and the inner member are drawn to each other to compress the annular cavity and clamp the tubular braid of filaments relative to the outer member and the inner member in the second configuration.