Patent ID: 8870906
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A61M,B32B

Abstract:
1. A catheter comprising: a first tubular member having an inner layer, an outer layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the inner and outer layers; a second tubular member having an inner layer, an outer layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the inner and outer layers; wherein an end surface of the first tubular member and an end surface of the second tubular member abut in an end-to-end longitudinal orientation; and a polymeric sleeve comprising a polymeric material having highly oriented molecular chains disposed about the first and second tubular members, such that the sleeve extends over a portion of the first tubular member and a portion of the second tubular member; wherein the polymeric sleeve is bonded to each of the first tubular member and the second tubular member such that the abutting end surfaces of the first and second tubular members are not bonded together.