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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Steven N. Willard, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An introducer sheath includes a body having a lumen extending between a leading end and a trailing end and having a collapsed condition with a first lateral cross-section, the first lateral cross-section being flower-shaped, the body being configured to transition from the collapsed condition to an expanded condition with a second lateral cross-section when an apparatus is passed through the lumen, the second lateral cross-section having a maximum dimension larger than a maximum dimension of the first lateral cross-section.