Patent ID: 8932235
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical device, comprising: a core member; a tubular member disposed over at least a portion of the core member and defining a space between the core member and the tubular member, the tubular member having a first group of slots and a second group of slots formed therein; wherein the tubular member has a longitudinal axis; wherein at least some of the slots in the first group of slots lie in a plane that is normal to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member; a filler material disposed within and filling the first group of slots, the filler material being disposed on an exterior surface of the core member, filling the space between the core member and the tubular member and extending radially from the exterior surface through the first group of slots; and wherein the second group of slots is free of the filler material.