Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for
use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for
stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange
device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire
entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels,
are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded
guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached,
during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.