Abstract: In a stiffening core for catheters, a plurality of spaced apart wires, which are circular in cross-section are inserted in the surface of a continuous strip of soft plastic material and are embedded by said strip to more than one-half of their cross-sections. Owing to this design, the stiffening core has a stiffness, flexibility and elasticity which can be reproduced within close limits.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 28, 1979
Date of Patent:
December 7, 1982
Assignee:
Eduard Fresenius Chem.-Pharm. Industrie KG Apparatebau KG