Claims
- 1. A method of catheter component manufacture which comprises joining together a pair of porous, tubular catheter reinforcement members in end-to-end, abutting relation; placing a curable adhesive on said joined ends; covering said joined ends with a snug, non-adherent sleeve; curing said adhesive; and thereafter embedding said joined reinforcement members into a tubular plastic catheter wall.
- 2. The method of claim 1 comprising the step of removing said sleeve after curing said adhesive.
- 3. The method of claim 1 in which said adhesive is ultraviolet-cured, said sleeve being substantially transparent to ultraviolet radiation.
- 4. The method of claim 3 in which said sleeve is made of a fluorinated plastic.
- 5. The method of claim 1 in which said curable adhesive is a melted solder which is cured by cooling to solidification within said sleeve.
- 6. The method of catheter component manufacture which comprises joining together a pair of porous, tubular catheter reinforcement members in end-to-end, abutting relation; placing a curable adhesive on said joined ends; covering said joined ends with a snug, non-adherent sleeve which is transparent to ultraviolet radiation; exposing said adhesive to ultraviolet radiation to cause curing of said adhesive; and thereafter embedding said joined reinforcement members into a tubular plastic catheter wall.
- 7. The method of claim 6 in which said sleeve is made of a fluorinated plastic.
- 8. The method of claim 7 in which one of said pair of porous, tubular catheter reinforcement members comprises a tube of braided strands and the other of said pair of porous, tubular catheter reinforcement members comprises at least one helical strand without crossing strands.
- 9. A method of catheter component manufacture which comprises joining together a first tubular catheter reinforcement member comprising braided strands in end-to-end, abutting relation with a second tubular catheter reinforcement member which comprises at least one helical strand which is substantially free of crossing strands; placing a curable adhesive on said joined ends; covering said joined ends with a snug, non-adherent sleeve; curing said adhesive; and thereafter embedding said joined reinforcement members into a tubular plastic catheter wall.
- 10. The method of claim 9 comprising the step of removing said sleeve after curing said adhesive.
- 11. The method of claim 10 in which said adhesive is ultraviolet-cured, said sleeve being substantially transparent to ultraviolet radiation.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/409,973, filed Apr. 4, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,662,622.
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Divisions (1)
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