Patent ID: 7718106
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A61F,A61M,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a medical device, the method comprising: providing a first tubular member, the first tubular member defining a lumen therethrough; providing a second tubular member, the second tubular portion defining a lumen therethrough, said second tubular portion provided separately and independently from said first tubular portion; disposing the first and the second tubular members in an axially spaced arrangement within a cavity at least partially defined by a mold; subsequent to the step of disposing the first and the second tubular members delivering molten resin into a region of the mold between the first and second tubular members, the resin, when set, forming an intermediate tubular member having a composition that differs from a composition of at least one of the first and second tubular members; and disposing a tip at a distal end region of the medical device, wherein said tip is not said first tubular portion and is not said second tubular portion, wherein the first tubular member has a first polymeric material composition and wherein the second tubular member has a second polymeric material composition different from the first material composition.