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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Steven N. Willard, Bloomington, MN (US);
John Jason Buysman, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Brett A. Hillukka, Hanover, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An introducer sheath () includes a body () extending between a leading end () and a trailing end () and including a plurality of rectangular segments () extending from the leading end to the trailing end. The segments are joined to one another along longitudinal edges to form a tubular structure with a lumen () therethrough, the segments being joined at vertices (). The body has a collapsed condition with a first cross-section and is configured to transition from the collapsed condition to an expanded condition with a second cross-section when an apparatus is passed through the lumen, the second cross-section having a maximum dimension larger than a maximum dimension of the first cross-section.