US 12,076,502 B2
Braided catheter assemblies
Karl V. Ganske, Hopkins, MN (US); Jeffrey M. Welch, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Gregg Stuart Sutton, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to NorMedix, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by NorMedix, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/889,188.
Application 16/889,188 is a continuation of application No. 15/598,114, filed on May 17, 2017, granted, now 10,702,674.
Application 15/598,114 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/900,729, granted, now 9,937,321, previously published as PCT/US2014/044519, filed on Jun. 27, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/338,491, filed on May 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/840,764, filed on Jun. 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331551 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/005 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0041 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0059 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter assembly comprising:
a catheter body extending from a catheter proximal portion to a catheter distal portion, the catheter body includes:
an inner liner; and
an outer sleeve; and
a braid assembly within the catheter body and between the inner liner and the outer sleeve, the braid assembly includes:
a first filar array helically extending around the catheter body in a first direction, the first filar array including one or more first filars having a first profile, the first profile including one or more of a width or a height of each of the one or more first filars; and
a second filar array helically extending around the catheter body in a second direction opposed to the first direction, the second filar array including two or more second filars interlaced with the first filar array, wherein at least one of the two or more second filars includes a second profile having one or more of a width or a height greater than the respective width or height of the first profile, and wherein at least another filar of the two or more second filars includes the first profile.