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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Jurgen Dorn, Neulussheim, DE;
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a delivery system for a self-expanding implant which includes a sheath which surrounds and constrains the implant prior to delivery and a confining element which surrounds the sheath during storage. The confining element preferably includes elongate members running axially along the sheath, which compress the sheath and the stent to reduce hoop stress in the system without promoting undesired adhesion between layers of the sheath.