Patent ID: 8048058
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A61M,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A tip for attachment, in use, to the distal end of a catheter for insertion into a body lumen, the tip comprising: an attachment region having a proximal end and a distal end; and a second region having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the second region is connected to the distal end of the attachment region, wherein an internal diameter of the attachment region is larger than an internal diameter of the second region, an external diameter of the attachment region is smaller than an external diameter of a proximal part of the second region and a distal end of the second region is chamfered, the second region having a lower electromagnetic radiation transmitivity than the attachment region, and wherein the second region comprises a radiopaque filler and there is no radiopaque filler in the attachment region.