| US 7,520,950 B2 | ||
| Flexible tubular liner coating system | ||
| Vahid Saadat, Saratoga, Calif. (US); and Arvin T. Chang, West Covina, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to USGI Medical Inc., San Clemente, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/245,538. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0079924 A1, Apr. 12, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B32B 37/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 156—218 [600/121; 600/123; 600/124; 600/125; 156/203] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A method for coating and forming a liner assembly having a flexible tubular liner and installing said liner assembly, comprising:
coating at least a first surface of a flexible elongate strip having first and second edges;
bringing the first and second edges of the flexible elongate strip into proximity of one another;
joining the first and second edges such that a flexible tubular liner is formed having the coated first surface formed as
an inner surface of the flexible tubular liner;
joining said flexible tubular liner with a generally tubular outer sheath to form a liner assembly; and
installing the liner assembly onto an elongate body having a tubular shape defining an internal lumen, wherein the tubular
liner extends within the internal lumen and the outer sheath extends over an external surface of the elongate body.
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