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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Evelyn Birmingham, Ballybrit, IE;
Niall Duffy, Ballybrit, IE;
Ahmed M. Elmouelhi, Plymouth, MN (US);
Patrick Griffin, Ballybrit, IE;
Patrick Macaulay, Windsor, CA (US);
John Milroy, Ballybrit, IE;
Stephen J. Peter, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 39/0247 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0687 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An elastic percutaneous elastic introducer sheath is disclosed which can locally expand and reduce to accommodate a transcatheter medical device. The elastic introducer sheath includes a non-circumferentially continuous elastic frame, a liner, and a jacket.