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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Exovitra Llc, Edina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew F. Ogle, Edina, MN (US);
Brandon Gregory Walsh, Kaysville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Exovitra LLC, Edina, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61B 17/12168 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61B 17/12118 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device include attaching a tether portion of a sleeve to a distal end of a catheter, placing the distal end of the catheter into a selected position within a vessel, moving a stent through a lumen of the catheter, retentively engaging a first end of the stent with a distal end of the sleeve, and detaching the sleeve about the tether portion such that the sleeve covers at least a portion of the stent at the selected position within the vessel.