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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Nicolas Shan, Vincennes, FR;
Jean-francois Ollivier, Villiers le Bacle, FR;
Nicolas Shan, Vincennes, FR;
Jean-Francois Ollivier, Villiers le Bacle, FR;
Ela Medical S.A.S., Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
A tool for cutting or slitting the tubular sheath of a guide-catheter in the presence of a lead placed in this sheath. The tool () has a flattened, substantially planar blade holder body () with a cutting area () and a prehension area (). The cutting area has a blade () and a tubular guide () receiving the lead for isolating it from the guide-catheter. The prehension area () has on a first side () an area for receiving the thumb and a lead holding pathway () spreading in the continuation of the tubular guide following an overall orientation forming an angle with this guide. The thumb reception area has a concave footprint () crossed through and through by the lead holding pathway (), which spreads in the prehension area following an 'S' shaped curve having a first curved area () and a second counter-curved area (). The minimal distance between the blade () and the contour of the first footprint () is to the most equal to 15-20 mm.