title: Microbore catheters: keys to successful design and manufacture, Part I.
abstract: More diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are being performed utilising microbore catheters, some of which feature complicated internal lumen geometries. Part I of this article provides a summary of tubing/catheter design considerations.
authors.affiliation: InnerCool Therapies, San Diego, California, USA. hansk@innercool.com
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods; D017276:Friction; D008153:Lubrication; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011108:Polymers; D011786:Quality Control; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D011108:Polymers