Slittable and Peelable Sheaths and Methods for Making and Using Them
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsChristian S. Eversull, Stephen A. Leeflang, Nicholas J. Mourlas
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Abstract
A sheath for delivering a lead or other device into a body lumen is adapted to be removed from around the delivered lead or device via a longitudinally extending feature. This feature of the sheath may be a ripcord, a seam or interlocking features the releasably engage one another.
Claims8
A sheath for delivering a lead or other device into a body lumen, comprising a rolled sheet including first and second longitudinal edges, the first and second longitudinal edges including interlocking features that releasably engage one another to maintain the rolled sheet in a tubular shape while the lead or device is delivered through the rolled sheet and disengage to allow the rolled sheet to removed from around the delivered lead or device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.