Introducer having a movable valve assembly with removable side port
AssigneeMedAmicus, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lange, Mark C. Kraus
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Abstract
An introducing apparatus includes an elongate tubular sheath having an external diameter, and the sheath has a bore including an internal diameter sized to receive a dilator therethrough. The sheath includes at least one tab extending away from a longitudinal axis of the sheath. A movable valve assembly is movably engaged with the tab, where the moving valve is adapted to move from a first position to a second position. In the first position the moving valve is disposed through the longitudinal axis of the sheath. In the second position the moving valve assembly is disposed away from the longitudinal axis of the sheath.
Claims22
An introducing apparatus comprising:
- a tubular sheath having an external diameter, the sheath having a sheath passage including an internal diameter sized to receive a medical instrument therethrough, the sheath extending from a sheath distal end to a sheath proximal end;
- a movable valve assembly including a valve, the movable valve assembly movably coupled proximal to the sheath, the movable valve assembly movable from a first position to a second position along a portion of the introducing apparatus, in the first position the valve is disposed through the longitudinal axis of the sheath, in the second position the valve is disposed away from the longitudinal axis of the sheath, the movable valve assembly movable from the second position to the first position along the introducing apparatus while the medical instrument is disposed through the sheath passage along at least the sheath proximal end.
An introducing apparatus comprising:
- a tubular sheath having an external diameter, the sheath having a sheath passage including an internal diameter sized to receive a medical instrument therethrough, the sheath extending from a sheath distal end to a sheath proximal end;
- a movable valve assembly including a valve, the movable valve defined in part by a movable valve longitudinal axis, the movable valve moves from a second position to a first position along the longitudinal axis, the movable valve assembly movable from a first position to a second position along a portion of the introducer, in the first position the valve is disposed through the longitudinal axis of the sheath, in the second position the valve is disposed away from the longitudinal axis of the sheath;
- the movable valve assembly having an open end substantially aligned with the movable longitudinal axis, and the valve disposed within at least a portion of the open end.
An introducing apparatus comprising:
- an elongate tubular sheath having an external diameter, the sheath having a bore including an internal diameter sized to receive a dilator therethrough, the sheath comprising a separable sheath;
- the sheath extending from a distal end to a proximal end;
- the sheath including at least one tab extending away from a longitudinal axis of the sheath;
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- a side port assembly coupled with the sheath with the coupling, and the side port assembly includes one or more features allowing for the side port to be released from the sheath without damage or separation of the sheath or the side port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.