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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Elias Habib Kassab, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);
Mark Edwin Zyzelewski, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Elias Habib Kassab, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);
Mark Edwin Zyzelewski, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kassab Kughn Endovascular Devices LLC, Farmington, MI (US);
Abstract
An endovascular sheath apparatusis provided. The endovascular sheath apparatusincludes an inner tubethat includes a lumenfor introducing medical fluids or devices and an outer surface. The apparatusfurther includes an outer tubewith an interior surface. The outer and inner surfaces define a cavitytherebetween. The apparatusstill further includes a stiffening componentwhich in one embodiment includes a braided material that is at least partially received in at least part of the cavity. An actuating mechanismcooperates with the stiffening component. A method of providing intravascular delivery of a sheath includes the steps of providing an inner tube; positioning a stiffening componentaround the inner tube; and deploying an actuating mechanismthat cooperates with the stiffening component, a stiffness characteristic of which being adjustable extra-corporeally by movement of the actuating mechanism in combination with the stiffening component.