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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Ballybrit, IE;
Inventors:
John Paul Urbanski, Toronto, CA;
Christian Balkovec, Burlington, CA;
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Galway, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22038 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical guidewire assembly is movable through an exit portal of a guidewire introducer. The guidewire introducer and the medical guidewire assembly are each insertable, at least in part, into a patient. The medical guidewire assembly is configured to reduce, at least in part, the hoop stress surrounding a puncture hole extending through the tissue of the patient. This is done in response to movement, at least in part, of the medical guidewire assembly relative to the puncture hole (after the puncture hole has been initially formed).