Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100036364 | Catheter Introducer - A catheter introducer includes a flexible introducer tube that extends percutaneously in use and defines a bore along which a distal shaft portion of a catheter may be advanced into a bodily lumen. The flexible introducer tube includes a co-axial assembly of a structural element having a multiplicity of full wall thickness openings, and a sealing element that restrains fluid flow through the openings, a radial wall thickness of the sealing element being less than a radial wall thickness of the structural element. | 02-11-2010 |
20100145309 | RETRACTABLE CATHETER - A retractable catheter for use in an implant delivery system, the catheter including an elongate tubular sheath made of a relatively flexible material, and a pull element for transmitting a pull force to the sheath to retract it longitudinally. The pull element includes an end portion disposed in the relatively flexible material, at least the thickness of the end portion being substantially less than its length. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145430 | RETRACTABLE CATHETER - A retractable catheter including an elongate tubular sheath having at least in a distal portion made of a relatively flexible material, a reinforcing structure made of a relatively inextensible material incorporated in the relatively flexible material of the sheath along at least a portion thereof, and a pull element for transmitting a pull force longitudinally to the sheath and the reinforcing structure, wherein the pull element is connected directly to a portion of the reinforcing structure exposed from the relatively flexible material to transmit the pull force directly to the reinforcing structure. | 06-10-2010 |
20100168756 | HAND-HELD ACTUATOR DEVICE - A hand-held actuator device for releasing into the body from a delivery system a medical prosthesis, like a stent, comprising a frame ( | 07-01-2010 |
20120083869 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A PROSTHESIS - The invention provides a delivery system for a prosthesis, said delivery system comprising a catheter shaft with a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis, a space for a prosthesis with a distal end and a proximal end, the space being at the distal end of the catheter shaft, a sheath with a proximal end and a distal end, the sheath being disposed at the distal end of catheter shaft so as to surround the space, a pusher element attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft and arranged at the proximal end of the space for abutting prosthesis, a pull element with a longitudinal axis, the pull element running the length of the catheter shaft and having a distal end attached to the proximal end of the sheath and a proximal end for pulling the pull element proximally, thereby retracting the sheath proximally relative to the prosthesis space, and at least one fixation element having a proximal end and a distal end and being disposed within a flexible portion of the length of the shaft that lies between the proximal end of the sheath and the proximal end of the catheter shaft. The fixation element serves to limit a radial distance between the axis of the pull element outside the shaft and the axis of the catheter shaft along the length of the fixation element whenever a tensile stress in the pull element results in an endwise compressive stress on the shaft and a tendency of the shaft to bow, relative to the pull element. | 04-05-2012 |
20130211493 | System to Deliver a Bodily Implant - A catheter system with a proximal end and a distal end means at the proximal end to actuate a device at the distal end of the system, and an actuator element ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130317592 | Device for Catheter Sheath Retraction - A device for moving an elongate member relative to an elongate body through which it extends, the device including a housing, a mover, and a pre-mover. The housing is connectable to the elongate body. The mover is associated with the housing and is connectable to the elongate member for moving the elongate member relative to the housing. The pre-mover is associated with the housing and is connectable to the elongate member for adjusting the elongate member in preparation for moving the elongate member with the mover. | 11-28-2013 |
20130340233 | Retractable Catheter - A retractable catheter for use in an implant delivery system, the catheter including an elongate tubular sheath made of a relatively flexible material, and a pull element for transmitting a pull force to the sheath to retract it longitudinally. The pull element includes an end portion disposed in the relatively flexible material, at least the thickness of the end portion being substantially less than its length. | 12-26-2013 |
20150088242 | Transluminal Delivery System - A transluminal delivery system and a method of assembling. The system includes a cylindrical, inner-catheter component and a retractable sheath surrounding the component and defining a space between the component and the sheath to receive a self-expanding luminal prosthesis between the component and the sheath. The inner-catheter component may include at least one sleeve having fibers, at least one connected sleeve portion connected to the inner catheter, and at least one unconnected sleeve portion slidably engaging the inner catheter such that when the sheath retracts, the unconnected portion expands and sleeve fibers engage the prosthesis's luminal surface, wherein the engagement opposes proximal stent movement. | 03-26-2015 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100036364 | Catheter Introducer - A catheter introducer includes a flexible introducer tube that extends percutaneously in use and defines a bore along which a distal shaft portion of a catheter may be advanced into a bodily lumen. The flexible introducer tube includes a co-axial assembly of a structural element having a multiplicity of full wall thickness openings, and a sealing element that restrains fluid flow through the openings, a radial wall thickness of the sealing element being less than a radial wall thickness of the structural element. | 02-11-2010 |
20100145309 | RETRACTABLE CATHETER - A retractable catheter for use in an implant delivery system, the catheter including an elongate tubular sheath made of a relatively flexible material, and a pull element for transmitting a pull force to the sheath to retract it longitudinally. The pull element includes an end portion disposed in the relatively flexible material, at least the thickness of the end portion being substantially less than its length. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145430 | RETRACTABLE CATHETER - A retractable catheter including an elongate tubular sheath having at least in a distal portion made of a relatively flexible material, a reinforcing structure made of a relatively inextensible material incorporated in the relatively flexible material of the sheath along at least a portion thereof, and a pull element for transmitting a pull force longitudinally to the sheath and the reinforcing structure, wherein the pull element is connected directly to a portion of the reinforcing structure exposed from the relatively flexible material to transmit the pull force directly to the reinforcing structure. | 06-10-2010 |
20100168756 | HAND-HELD ACTUATOR DEVICE - A hand-held actuator device for releasing into the body from a delivery system a medical prosthesis, like a stent, comprising a frame ( | 07-01-2010 |
20120022630 | CATHETER SHEATH FOR IMPLANT DELIVERY - There is disclosed herein a tube of material ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120143304 | TRANSLUMINAL DELIVERY SYSTEM - There is disclosed herein a transluminal delivery system for a self-expanding luminal prosthesis, the system comprising an inner catheter component ( | 06-07-2012 |