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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Valentx, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jon St. Germain, Elk River, MN (US);
Cole Chen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Roland Maude-Griffin, Edina, MN (US);
Johann Neisz, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Sean Miller, Plymouth, MN (US);
ValenTx, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Delivery devices are described. In one embodiment, a delivery device includes a catheter and a sealing pad coupled to an outer surface of the catheter. The delivery device may further include a recess formed in an outer surface of the catheter. The sealing pad may be coupled in the recess. Methods for delivering a tubular device are described. In one embodiment, a method may include inserting a distal end of a catheter into a lumen of a tubular device. The catheter may include a sealing pad coupled to an outer surface of the catheter. The method also includes positioning the sealing pad inside a drawstring coupled circumferentially to the tubular device, and cinching the drawstring around the catheter at the sealing pad to couple the tubular device to the catheter.