Expansible tip catheters

Expansible tip catheters in which the distal portion of a single lumen flexible plastic catheter tube is manufactured with a physical characteristic such that when fluid under pressure is introduced therein the wall of this distal portion begins to expand outwardly, and additional fluid pressure cau...

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Hauptverfasser: FETTEL, BRUCE E, BURD, SAMUEL
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Zusammenfassung:Expansible tip catheters in which the distal portion of a single lumen flexible plastic catheter tube is manufactured with a physical characteristic such that when fluid under pressure is introduced therein the wall of this distal portion begins to expand outwardly, and additional fluid pressure causes the wall to expand both outwardly and also along the longitudinal catheter axis.