ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,388, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bendit Technologies Ltd. (Petach Tikva, Israel).
"Lubricious liner in catheter tube" was invented by Bar Saar (Yashresh, Israel), Reuven Filman (Tel Mond, Israel) and Oz Cabiri (Hod HaSharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling a liner in a tube includes placing a liner in a tube, and heating a portion of the liner, called a heated portion, with a local heat source. The heated portion is not more than a third of a total length of the liner. The heated portion is expanded radially outwards so that the heated portion abuts against an inner wall of the tube. The local heat ...