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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Dean R Puckett, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Brent A Mayle, Spencer, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical instrument is provided including, an expandable tip which is embedded within a sheath. The expandable tip comprises a plurality of fingers which extend distally from the embedded portion. The plurality of fingers are heat set in a first position so that the distal ends of the fingers define a distal opening, where the distal opening has a smaller diameter than the embedded portion of the expandable tip. The plurality of fingers is reversibly expandable to a second position, creating a larger distal opening to deploy an expandable accessory.