Apparatus for making a catheter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9320869
APP PUB NO 20160030706A1
SERIAL NO

14879811

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The present invention concerns a catheter for medical purposes, such as for insertion into a body opening for draining fluids, wherein the catheter comprises a flexible tube having a distal end region wherein the tube is provided with at least one draining opening, characterised in that the peripheral edge on the outside of the tube is provided with a curvature for creating a smooth transition between the exterior surface of the tube and the substantially radially oriented cut constituting the opening side and wherein said curvature is a rounded edge with a curvature radius between 0.2-0.6 mm. The invention further concerns a method of making such catheter and an apparatus for performing this method.

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UNOMEDICAL A/SAAHOLMVEJ 1-3 OSTED LEJRE 4320

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Olsen, Jan Kent Hillerod, DK 2 9

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