1. A balloon catheter, comprising:
a) an elongated shaft with proximal and distal shaft sections, and an inflation lumen extending therein, and with
an outer tubular member formed of a polymeric material having a longitudinal dimension and an inner surface defining at least a portion of the inflation lumen, and an inner tubular member formed of a polymeric material disposed at least in part within the inflation lumen, the inner tubular member having an inner lumen configured for slidably receiving a guidewire therein, the outer tubular member having at least two secured portions formed by the inner surface of the outer tubular member being directly bonded to an outer surface of the inner tubular member by a heat bond, the secured portions being separated from each other by sections of the inflation lumen and being radially adjacent to unsecured portions of the outer tubular member formed by the inner surface of the outer tubular member being not bonded to the outer surface of the inner tubular member, so that the inner surface and not the outer surface of the outer tubular member at the unsecured portions radially adjacent to the secured portions together with the outer surface of the inner tubular member define sections of the inflation lumen in fluid communication with each other via a section of the inflation lumen defined at least in part by the outer tubular member located proximal to at least one of the secured portions, and the secured portions of the outer tubular member have a longitudinal dimension substantially shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the outer tubular member, wherein the longitudinal dimension of at least one of the at least two secured portions is about 1 to about 4 mm; and
b) an inflatable balloon on the distal shaft section and in surrounding relation thereto having proximal and distal ends, an intermediate section longitudinally disposed between the balloon proximal and distal ends, and an interior chamber in fluid communication with the inflation lumen.
2. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal dimension of at least one of the at least two secured portions is about 2 to about 4 mm.
3. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal dimension of at least one of the at least two secured portions is about 1 to about 2 mm.
4. The catheter of claim 1 wherein at least one of the at least two secured portions has a radial dimension ranging from about 0.5 to about 3 mm.
5. The catheter of claim 1 wherein at least one of the at least two secured portions has a radial dimension ranging from about 1 to about 2 mm.
6. The catheter of claim 1 wherein at least one of the at least two secured portions is proximally spaced apart from the balloon proximal end in a range up to about 3 mm.
7. The catheter of claim 1 wherein at least one of the at least two secured portions is proximally spaced apart from the balloon proximal end in a range up to about 1 mm.
8. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the secured portions are located along the same length of the catheter.
9. The catheter of claim 8 wherein the secured portions are disposed radially at substantially equal distance from one another.
10. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the secured portions are longitudinally spaced apart.
11. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the secured portions are disposed radially at substantially equal distance from one another.
12. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the inner surface of the outer tubular member is formed of a first polymeric material and the outer surface of the inner tubular member is formed of a second polymeric material, the first and second materials being bondable to one another.
13. The catheter of claim 12 wherein the first and second materials are bondable to one another upon the application of heat.
14. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the inflatable balloon is configured to receive a deployable device thereon.
15. The catheter of claim 1 wherein the catheter is a stent delivery catheter including a stent disposed on at least a portion of the balloon intermediate section.
16. A balloon catheter, comprising:
a) an elongated shaft with a proximal shaft section, a distal shaft section, an inflation lumen, and with
i) an outer tabular member formed of a polymeric material and having a longitudinal dimension;
ii) an inner tabular member formed of a polymeric material and disposed within the inflation lumen along at least the distal shaft section so that inflation lumen along the distal shaft section is defined by the inner surface of outer tabular member together with the outer surface of the inner tabular member, the inner tubular member having an inner lumen configured for slidably receiving a guidewire therein; and
iii) at least two secured portions formed by an inner surface of the outer tubular member being directly bonded to an outer surface of the inner tubular member by a heat-bond between the polymeric material of the outer tubular member and the polymeric material of the inner tubular member, the secured portions being separated from each other by sections of the inflation lumen and being radially adjacent to unsecured portions of the outer tubular member formed by the inner surface of the outer tubular member being not bonded to the outer surface of the inner tubular member, so that sections of the inflation lumen along the unsecured portions are in fluid communication with each other via a section of the inflation lumen located proximal to at least one of the secured portions, and the secured portions of the outer tubular member have a longitudinal dimension substantially shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the outer tubular member, wherein the longitudinal dimension of at least one of the at least two secured portions is about 1 to about 4mm; and
b) an inflatable balloon on the distal shaft section and in surrounding relation thereto having proximal and distal ends, an intermediate section longitudinally disposed between the balloon proximal and distal ends, and an interior chamber in fluid communication with the inflation lumen.
17. The balloon catheter of claim 16 wherein the at least two secured portions are longitudinally and radially spaced apart.
18. A balloon catheter, comprising:
a) an elongated shaft with a proximal shaft section, a distal shaft section, an inflation lumen, and with
i) an outer tubular member formed of a polymeric material and having a longitudinal dimension;
ii) an inner tubular member formed of a polymeric material and disposed within the inflation lumen along at least the distal shaft section so that inflation lumen along the distal shaft section is defined by the inner surface of outer tubular member together with the outer surface of the inner tubular member, the inner tubular member having an inner lumen configured for slidably receiving a guidewire therein; and
iii) at least two secured portions formed by an inner surface of the outer tubular member being directly bonded to an outer surface of the inner tubular member by a heat-bond between the polymeric material of the outer tubular member and the polymeric material of the inner tubular member, so that the inner tubular member has an outer diameter at the location of the heat-bond and at a longitudinally adjacent location spaced from the heat-bond and the outer tubular member has a first inner diameter at the location of the heat-bond which is equal to the outer diameter of the inner tubular member and a second inner diameter at the longitudinally adjacent location spaced from the heat-bond which is larger than the outer diameter of the inner tubular member, the secured portions being separated from each other by sections of the inflation lumen and being radially adjacent to unsecured portions of the outer tubular member formed by the inner surface of the outer tubular member being not bonded to the outer surface of the inner tubular member, so that sections of the inflation lumen along the unsecured portions are in fluid communication with each other via a section of the inflation lumen located proximal to at least one of the secured portions, and the secured portions of the outer tubular member have a longitudinal dimension substantially shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the outer tubular member, wherein the longitudinal dimension of at least one of the at least two secured portions is about 1 to about 4 mm; and
b) an inflatable balloon on the distal shaft section and in surrounding relation thereto having proximal and distal ends, an intermediate section longitudinally disposed between the balloon proximal and distal ends, and an interior chamber in fluid communication with the inflation lumen.
19. The balloon catheter of claim 18 wherein the at least two secured portions are longitudinally and radially spaced apart.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An imaging device production system comprising:
a assembling process for assembling each components constituting an imaging device;
an inspection process in which the imaging device assembled in he assembling process is continuously transferred without being stopped except for emergency when two inspection tasks adjacent to and different from each other are performed; and
a packaging for packaging the imaging device which passes through the inspection tasks to confirm quality of the imaging device.
2. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein the assembling process is performed at the same rate, and a front panel, a module, a board, and a back cover constituting the imaging device are processed in order.
3. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein an elevation conveyor in which a rotation operation for raising the assembled imaging device and a transfer operation for transferring the imaging device in a transfer direction are performed is disposed between the assembling process and the inspection process.
4. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein the inspection process comprises a voltage resistance inspection process for inspecting an internal pressure of the assembled imaging device, and an aging process for increasing a temperature of the assembled imaging device is performed at a rear side of a direct neighborhood of the voltage resistance inspection process.
5. The imaging device production system according to claim 4, wherein a single inspection conveyor is used from the aging process to the last of the inspection process.
6. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein a socket is disposed on a top surface of the conveyor used in the inspection process.
7. The imaging device production system according to claim 6, wherein the conveyor is a slat conveyor comprising: a frame; a chain supported by the frame, the chain being transferred by an external force; an electroconductive block support by the chain; and an electricity supply mechanism for supplying an electricity into the electroconductive block, and
the electricity supply mechanism comprises:
a rail to which a power source is connected, the rail extending in a transfer direction of the chain; and
a brush electrically connected to the rail and the socket.
8. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein a main inspection process in which an inspection task for confirming quality of the assembled imaging device is performed in the inspection processes comprises transferring the assembled imaging device at the same rate.
9. The imaging device production system according to claim 8, wherein an operator is disposed on a back side of the imaging device, and a mirror for reflecting an image of the imaging device toward the operator is disposed in the main inspection process.
10. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein a white balance adjusting process for adjusting a white balance of the assembled imaging device in the inspection processes is performed while the assembled imaging device is transferred.
11. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein a take-out process for taking the assembled imaging device is performed between the inspection process and the packaging process, and
the take-out process is performed in a process in which a take-out conveyor and an auxiliary conveyor which is substantially equal to that of the take-out conveyor are replaced with each other.
12. The imaging device production system according to claim 1, wherein a packaging material supplied into the packaging process is supplied by dropping down along a chute.
13. An imaging device inspection system comprising:
a sensor for detecting whether an imaging device entries in each inspection area; and
a transmitting port which transmits a control signal into the imaging device in response to a detection signal of the sensor so that the imaging device is controlled according to the control signal.
14. The imaging device inspection system according to claim 13, wherein two transmitting ports are provided on each inspection area.
15. The imaging device inspection system according to claim 13, wherein an operator is disposed on a back side of the imaging device, and a mirror for reflecting an image of the imaging device toward the operator is provided.
16. An imaging device inspection system comprising:
a main controller disposed in each of partitioned inspection areas; and
a computer parallelly connected to the main controller to transmit data into the main controller,
wherein the main controller detects entrance of an imaging device to transmit a control signal to the image device.
17. The imaging device inspection system according to claim 16, wherein a sensor connected to the main controller to detect the entrance of the imaging device and a transmitting port for transmitting the control signal into the imaging device in response to a detection signal of the sensor are disposed in the inspection area, and
the transmitting port is provided in plurality and a model button for selecting the transmitting port is disposed on the main controller.
18. The imaging device inspection system according to claim 16, wherein the imaging device is moved the partitioned inspection areas adjacent to each other without being stopped.
19. An imaging device inspection method comprising:
detecting whether a moving imaging device entries into a specific inspection area;
transmitting a control signal into the imaging device in which entrance thereof is detected; and
inspecting the imaging device according to whether an operation corresponding to the control signal is performed in the imaging device.
20. The imaging device inspection method according to claim 19, wherein, during the performing of the inspection method, the imaging device is continuously moved.