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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2024
Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Alexander Q. Tilson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Stephen J. Morris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Garrett J. Gomes, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Adam S. Wigginton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark C. Scheeff, Oakland, CA (US);
Charles S. Love, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Abstract
A rigidizing device includes an elongate flexible tube having a lumen extending therethrough, a variable stiffness layer, a bladder layer configured to push against the variable stiffness layer when pressure is applied, and a hemostasis valve integrated at a proximal end of the elongate flexible tube in fluid communication with the lumen wherein the rigidizing device is configured to change between a flexible configuration and a rigid configuration in which the bladder layer limits the plurality of strand lengths from moving relative to each other when pressure is applied.