Patent ID: 7776078
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter for delivering a medical device into a body lumen, the catheter comprising: an elongate body, at least a portion of the elongate body defining a medical device retaining region for retaining a medical device thereon, at least a portion of the medical device retaining region comprising a predetermined pattern of photoresist material, the photoresist material is a positive photo resist material comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of diazoquinones, phenolic resins, phenolic formaldehyde resins, phenolic resins with about 1-5% bisaryl azide compounds, 3,3′-(p-phenyl-ene)bis(ethyl propionate), dialkoxy acetophenones; benzoin ethers; benzophenones, Michler's ketones, ketocoumarins-phenoxyacetic acid pairs, multifunctional epoxides, diaryliodonium salts, triarylsulfonium salts, bisazide-cyclized polyisoprene, poly(p-diethynylbenzene), polystyrene; polyvinylphenol; polyimide and combinations thereof.