Patent ID: 8974426
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61M,B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A catheter comprising a catheter tube having a distal tip with a reinforcement pattern disposed therein, the reinforcement pattern comprising at least one annealed longitudinal pattern along a length of the catheter tube and at least one annealed circumferential ring disposed about the catheter tube, the catheter tube comprising a polymer doped with a doping agent, the doping agent being selected from a crosslinking agent, a nucleating agent or a clarifying agent, wherein the doping agent is distributed uniformly through at least a portion of the polymer such that the doping agent is uniformly distributed through a thickness of the catheter tube, wherein the at least one annealed circumferential ring intersects the at least one annealed longitudinal pattern.