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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2003
Applicant:

Richard Carlton Mattison, Zimmerman, MN (US);

Inventor:

Richard Carlton Mattison, Zimmerman, MN (US);

Assignee:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A medical device delivery sheath, which comprises an active member that volumetrically expands and contracts upon application of an appropriate electrical potential. The active member further comprises an electroactive polymer, for example, polypyrrole. Also described is a medical device delivery system comprising the same, as well as a method of delivering a medical device using the same.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mattison, Richard. (2008). Electroactive polymer actuated sheath for implantable or insertable medical device (U.S. Patent No. 7338509). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7338509

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