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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
John Hall, North Salt Lake, UT (US);
Lucia Irazabal, Holladay, UT (US);
Westin Raines, Eagle Mountain, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61L 29/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61L 29/02 (2013.01); A61L 29/041 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 29/14 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
Reinforcing sleeves for medical device lumens are disclosed. In some embodiments reinforcing sleeves may provide resistance to crushing, kinking, or other deformation of the lumen. Reinforcing sleeves within the scope of this disclosure may be displaceable along an outer diameter of a reinforced lumen. Some reinforcing sleeves within the scope of this disclosure comprise metal alloys.