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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular Galway, Ballybrit, Galway, IE;
Inventors:
Declan Costello, Ballybrit, IE;
Deirdre McGowan Smyth, Ballybrit, IE;
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01);
Abstract
A profile altering tip is provided for a delivery system. The tip defines a first profile with a generally conical shape and a second profile with an expanded profile. During use of the delivery system, a tip profile control assembly can alter the tip from the first profile to the second profile.