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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Abiomed, Inc., Danvers, MA (US);

Inventors:

Glen Fantuzzi, Danvers, MA (US);

Christopher Korkuch, Danvers, MA (US);

Caitlyn Hastie, Danvers, MA (US);

Robert Fishman, Danvers, MA (US);

Akshay Ashok, Danvers, MA (US);

John Modlish, Danvers, MA (US);

Assignee:

ABIOMED, INC., Danvers, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01); A61M 60/829 (2021.01); A61M 60/174 (2021.01); A61M 60/554 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/816 (2021.01); A61M 60/416 (2021.01); A61M 60/865 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3439 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/174 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01); A61M 60/416 (2021.01); A61M 60/554 (2021.01); A61M 60/816 (2021.01); A61M 60/829 (2021.01); A61M 60/865 (2021.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for insertion of a medical device into a blood vessel. The system may include a sheath assembly with an introducer sheath and a variable size repositioning sheath. The variable size repositioning sheath may be configured to be adjustable in size in a radial direction and to be inserted into the blood vessel or an expandable introducer sheath. In some aspects, the system may include an intracardiac device such as a blood pump with an elongate catheter.


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