Abstract: A catheter and method for producing a catheter having an inner layer having a polyolefin- or polyethylene-based thermoplastic elastomeric material; an outer layer; and a tie layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer. The tie layer is a low durometer polymer. The thermoplastic elastomeric material includes at least one of a polyolefin-based thermoplastic elastomer, including, in one embodiment, a polyethylene-based thermoplastic elastomer. The tie layer includes a maleic anhydride grafted linear low-density polyethylene.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for processing messages from agents of a network environment including the use of collectors. Collectors can use configurable pipelines to improve processing of messages received from the agents. In one example of the disclosed technology, a number of networked agents are configured to gather data describing operational aspects of an agent's computing host. A collector is configured to receive reports from the agent and send the gathered data to one or more destination agent data consumers designated by augmentation information in the reports. In some examples, the collector transforms data using one or more stage selector rules.