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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico Llc, Caguas, PR (US);
Inventor:
Khoi Le, Excelsior, MN (US);
Assignee:
ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC, Caguas, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/3462 (2013.01); A61M 39/0613 (2013.01); B23P 19/047 (2013.01); A61M 2039/064 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01);
Abstract
An introducer includes a housing and a flexible seal. The housing includes a hub, a cap, and a lumen. The flexible seal is positioned across the lumen and retained between the hub and the cap. The seal includes a top surface and a bottom surface, a bottom slit formed in the bottom surface, and a top slit formed in the top surface. The top slit crosses the bottom slit. The seal member is biased by an interface between the hub and the cap to at least partially close the top slit and at least partially open the bottom slit.