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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Teleflex Life Sciences Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Morgan Tierney, Tullamore, IE;
Ronald John Kelly, Oranmore, IE;
David Scully, Tullamore, IE;
Aleksejus Fominas, Athlone, IE;
David Rowe, Fleetwood, PA (US);
Rodney W. Denlinger, Lancaster, PA (US);
Adrian Mahon, Walshisland, IE;
TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A catheter may include a tubular member having a lumen and an outer surface, a sleeve configured to be positioned in the lumen in a retracted configuration and to evert over at least a portion of the outer surface in an everted configuration, and a filament configured to retract the sleeve into the retracted configuration. The catheter may include an aperture proximal of a distal end, where the filament extends through the aperture from the lumen. A pull member may be on a distal end of the filament. The filament may be looped, coiled, and/or bunched in the catheter when the sleeve is in the retracted configuration. A shuttle may be attached to a distal end of the sleeve, where the shuttle includes a tubular member configured to maintain patency of the sleeve, and the filament engages the shuttle to retract the sleeve into the lumen.