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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Elizabeth A. Eaton, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Elizabeth A. Eaton, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0687 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are described herein. More particularly, the disclosure relates to introducers suitable for providing access to a body vessel and methods of using introducers. An example introducer comprises a sheath and a dilator moveably disposed within the sheath. The distal end of the dilator has a closed configuration and an open configuration and movement between the open and closed configurations can be accomplished by applying a proximally-directed force on the sheath such that the sheath moves in a proximal direction relative to the dilator.