Patent 11083869 was granted and assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A catheter comprising a base material, an optional body material, and a braid structure having crescent-shaped ribbons braided into the structure. Various biocompatible polymers can function as base or body materials. When a ribbon is metallic, various biocompatible materials can function in the ribbon. The crescent of a crescent ribbon can face luminally or abluminally.