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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, ZA;
Giuseppe Geldenhuys, Cape Town, ZA;
Fourie Gildenhuys, Cape Town, ZA;
Braden Sydney Clive Van Breda, Cape Town, ZA;
Kenneth Stuart Park, Wynberg, ZA;
Carl Nick Van Zyl, Cape Town, ZA;
Jandré De Villiers, Cape Town, ZA;
Peter Paul Zilla, Cape Town, ZA;
Deon Bezuidenhout, Cape Town, ZA;
Strait Access Technologies Holdings (PTY), Cape Town, ZA;
Abstract
The invention provides an inflatable insertion device capable of being percutaneously introduced into a patient's body. The insertion device comprises an inflatable element having a distal end and a proximal end and which is operable between a collapsed condition and an inflated condition by introducing an inflating fluid therein. An elongate member extends internally of the inflatable element from its distal end. The internal member is capable of being withdrawn towards the proximal end of the inflatable element to result in the distal end of the element being withdrawn towards the proximal end internally of the element. The invention further provides a locating device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube fitted with one or more inflatable insertion devices at a distal end thereof.