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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Minnetronix Neuro, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Corey Daniel Brown, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Don William Eldon Evans, St. Paul, MN (US);
Philip Jon Haarstad, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Brian Dale Nelson, Birchwood, MN (US);
MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. The expandable access sheath may be designed to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable access sheath may include a tubular body having one or more axial support members disposed along the tubular body. The medical device may include an expansion member designed to shift the expandable access sheath between the first configuration and the expanded configuration.