Patent ID: 6203525
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A61B,A61M,C08L

Abstract:
A catheter assembly, comprising:an elongate catheter body defining a distal portion and a proximal portion and further defining a size and flexibility suitable for insertion into a human body;a control element defining a distal portion operably connected to the distal portion of the catheter body and a proximal portion associated with, and extending along, the exterior surface of the catheter body to an area adjacent the proximal end of the catheter body;a handle, defining a distal end, associated with the proximal portion of the catheter body;an apparatus, associated with the catheter body and the control element, adapted to secure the proximal portion of the control element in predetermined relation to the catheter body at a location distal of the distal end of the handle; anda physiological treatment element carried by the distal portion of the elongate catheter body.