Patent ID: 8123892

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a catheter having a body and a tip, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mold that defines a mold cavity and a post cavity that communicates with the mold cavity, the post cavity defining a predetermined transition configuration; providing a pin having a post extending therefrom, the post cooperating with the predetermined transition configuration of the post cavity to form the tip; inserting the pin with a distal end of the body; disposing the distal end of the body and the pin into the mold cavity such that the post is disposed with the post cavity and extends to engage a wall of the post cavity; injecting a material into the mold cavity to simultaneously mold the tip with the distal end of the body, and to mold a lateral opening with the tip in relation to the predetermined transition configuration such that the lateral opening is defined by a wall including an external radius disposed in transition with an outer surface of the tip and an internal radius disposed in transition with an inner surface of the tip, the external radius having a non-perpendicular profile with the outer surface of the tip; removing the body and the pin from the mold cavity; and removing the pin from the catheter through the lateral opening.