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US 10,206,800 B2Granted
Device for catheter sheath retraction
AssigneeC.R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsMartin Wubbeling, Michael Vogel, Jurgen Dorn
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Abstract
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.
Claims8
A device comprising:
- a reel that rotates and winds up a wound length of an elongate member;
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- a limiter that limits reel rotation after the reel winds up the wound length, wherein:
- the limiter comprises a tether connected to the reel through a line connector,
- the reel winds up the tether until, when taut, the tether prevents further rotation,
- the tether has a total length greater than a consumable length and the consumable length corresponds to the wound length, and
- the tether has reference markings indicating different consumable lengths corresponding to different wound lengths, the consumable lengths set by consuming the tether up to the reference markings indicating an amount of remaining consumable length, which corresponds to the wound length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.