US 11,890,427 B2
Medical device with non-metallic reinforcing layer
Troy T. Tegg, Elk River, MN (US); and Dale E. Just, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/860,759.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/441,701, filed on Jan. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0185610 A1, Jul. 5, 2018
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B29C 63/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 61/02 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01); B29K 279/00 (2006.01); B29C 63/18 (2006.01); B29C 63/42 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/005 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0108 (2013.01); B29C 61/025 (2013.01); B29C 63/0069 (2013.01); B29C 63/18 (2013.01); B29C 63/42 (2013.01); B29K 2279/08 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7542 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shaft for a medical device configured for use in a human vasculature, the shaft comprising:
an elongate structure comprising:
a tubular inner layer;
a braided reinforcing layer around an outer surface of the tubular inner layer, the reinforcing layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing fibers, wherein each reinforcing fiber of the plurality of reinforcing fibers comprises a glass core surrounded by a polymer cladding; and
an outer layer bonded to the inner layer such that the reinforcing layer is encapsulated between a material of the outer layer and a material of the inner layer.