Anthony B Semedo

US Patent:

20050209559, Sep 22, 2005

Filed:

Mar 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/084842

Inventors:

Ronan Thornton - Galway, IE
Anthony Semedo - Santa Rosa CA, US

Assignee:

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. A Delaware Corporation - Santa Rosa CA

International Classification:

A61M029/00

US Classification:

604103040

Abstract:

According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a catheter assembly. A lumen extends through the catheter assembly and terminates with an exit port. The lumen being configured to receive a guide wire therein. The catheter assembly comprises a flexible distal segment having a predetermined length and a first predetermined outer diameter, a proximal segment having a second outer diameter greater than that of the first outer diameter, and an intermediate tapered section between the first proximal segment and the distal segment.