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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Rochelle M. Hamer, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Eric Gerard Johnson, New Albany, IN (US);
Stanislaw L. Zukowski, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 66/63 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); B29C 66/51 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2002/065 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61M 25/0032 (2013.01); A61M 39/0693 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0034 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A conduit, such as an introducer sheath, catheter, or guide catheter, incorporating two or more separate lumens to prevent the entanglement of guidewires located at least partially within the conduit. The lumens are separated by at least one disruptable barrier that allows multiple lumens to be converted into fewer lumens prior to or as a device is advanced through the introducer sheath.