Patent ID: 6238376
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A61M,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
An intravascular catheter with an elongated shaft comprising:a) an elongated metallic tubular member having proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; andb) a polymeric tubular member having proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, in contact with and bonded to a surface of the metallic tubular member by a hot pressed bond between one part of the metallic tubular member and one part of the polymeric tubular member, the polymeric tubular member having a deformed section defined by the hot pressed bond with an outer diameter, and a nondeformed section longitudinally adjacent to the deformed section with a larger outer diameter than the deformed section outer diameter.