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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Eric M. King, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/0668 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tear-away sheath introducers for catheters, methods for making such introducers, and methods for using such introducers are described. A splittable sheath introducer may include a sheath, a hub disposed at a proximal end of the sheath, a valve included with the hub, and a valve actuator movable from a first position to a second position, the valve actuator opening the valve when in the second position. The valve actuator may include a retaining member that enables the valve actuator to be retained by a portion of the hub when the sheath introducer is split apart.