Abiomed, Inc.

Andrew Gentile

Christopher Nason Korkuch

Michael Thomas Finnegan

Robert Fishman

Charles DeLorenzo

Matthew D'Agostino

Robert Swierczek

Jonathan Barry

Anne Gabrielle McLoughlin

An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator. The present technology provides an expandable sheath with a step feature inside its distal opening, and a dilator with an interlock that includes a catch surface configured to engage with the step feature and resist further relative movement so that the body of the dilator is prevented from exiting the distal end of the expandable sheath. This interlocking engagement may allow the dilator to be used to extend and maintain tension on the expandable sheath during insertion into a patient, and then to be retracted from the expandable sheath by pulling the dilator in the opposite direction. The present technology also provides a dilator hub with a spring mechanism configured to achieve and maintain a desired tension on the expandable sheath and to prevent overextension of the expandable sheath when the dilator is being inserted into the expandable sheath.

Expandable sheath with interlock dilator

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Wakefield, MA, United States of America

Andrew Gentile