Abstract: A catheter tube comprises a tube wall, which surrounds a tube lumen, wherein the tube wall comprises the following: a mesh; and a guide lumen around which the mesh is braided and in which a pull element extends from a proximal portion of the catheter tube to a distal portion of the catheter tube. The pull element is connected in a tension-resistant manner to the tube wall in the distal portion. The guide lumen guides the pull element at least partially around the tube lumen.

Abstract: A multilumen body for a medical device, comprising a first tubular element and a second tubular element, which is arranged in the first tubular element and which is in contact with the first tubular element at least in sections and movable relative to the first tubular element, an inner surface of the first tubular element having a first profile and/or an outer surface of the second tubular element having a second profile so that the contact surface between the first tubular element and the second tubular element is smaller than without the first profile and/or without the second profile. The multilumen body is characterized in that the first profile and/or the second profile include a plurality of alternating elevations and depressions, wherein a maximum distance between two neighboring elevations is 100 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an insulation tube (1) for an electrode for medical applications, preferably for implantation as part of a functional electrostimulation device and a method for producing such an electrode. The insulation tube (1) has a first, essentially hollow cylindrical layer (11) and at least one second layer (12), which is arranged on the lateral surface (15) of the first layer (11) and covers it at least partially. The invention is characterized in that the lateral surface (15) of the first layer (11) is cleaned in a cleaning step by means of a first liquid cleaning agent at a temperature below 30° C., preferably below 20° C., before applying the at least one second layer (12).

Abstract: An electrode device for physiological use, in particular in cardiology, that has an electrically insulating, elastic electrode body which, between internal and external layers (1, 2), has an intermediate layer (3) tailored to their physical properties.

Abstract: A balloon catheter for use in the region of a vessel branching and, in particular, in coronary vessels is provided. The catheter comprising a catheter stem disposed at the distal end of which are provided at least one balloon and at least one first guide means arranged in the region thereof for positioning the balloon in the region of a vessel branching. The first guide means is adapted to be introduced into the lateral branch of the vessel transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the balloon catheter. The balloon comprises at least two chambers which are spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the balloon catheter and between which the first guide means is arranged.

Abstract: The invention concerns a balloon catheter (1) for dilating vascular constrictions and for simultaneously introducing a permanently deformable stent (9) into the vessel to be dilated in order to stabilize it in the dilated condition, wherein the distal region of the catheter which is intended to receive the stent has an inner tube (2) which is surrounded by the non-expanded stent, the balloon (7) is arranged between the stent (9) and the inner tube (2) and the inner tube has at its ends as X-ray markings two sleeves (3, 4) which are carried thereon and which comprise an X-ray-opaque material and which are provided within the balloon on the inner tube, wherein provided between the inner tube and the outer balloon is a tube (5) which forms an additional plateau and which comprises a soft-elastic material as an intermediate layer, in such a way that it extends in the longitudinal direction to beyond the sleeves forming the X-ray markings.