Medical device shield and methods for delivering a medical device
AssigneeAbbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
InventorsRandolf Von Oepen, Travis R. Yribarren, Alex D. Alviar, Barbara E. Stamberg
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Abstract
Device shields for packaging and protecting medical devices during storage and deployment. A device shield includes a housing configured to maintain a medical device and at least a portion of a medical device delivery apparatus within the housing, and a limit element having a first constraining position and a second open position.
Claims48
A device shield for minimizing contamination of or damage to a medical device, comprising:
- a housing configured to maintain a medical device within the housing such that exposure of the medical device to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized;
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- a limit element associated with the housing having a first position and a second position, the limit element configured in the first position to constrain the medical device relative to the housing to ensure that the medical device is not exposed to the damage and the environmental particulates, and the limit element configured in the second position to permit movement of the medical device relative to the housing once the risk of exposure to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized.
A device shield for minimizing contamination of a medical device from environmental particulates and damage to the medical device, comprising:
- a shaped housing configured to maintain a medical device and at least a portion of a medical device delivery apparatus associated with the medical device within the housing such that exposure of the medical device to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized;
- a limit element associated with the shaped housing and configured to constrain the medical device and/or the portion of a medical device delivery apparatus associated with the medical device in at least one dimension;
- a retaining member slidably associated with the housing and configured to maintain the limit element in the first position to ensure that the medical device is not exposed to the damage and the environmental particulates;
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- an outlet configured for introducing the medical device into a body of a patient once the risk of exposure to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized.
A kit for minimizing contamination of a medical device from environmental particulates and damage to the medical device, comprising:
- a device shield, including:
- a housing configured to maintain a medical device and at least a portion of a medical device delivery apparatus associated with the medical device within the housing such that exposure of the medical device to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized;
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- a limit element configured to constrain the medical device and/or the portion of the medical device delivery apparatus associated with the medical device in the housing in at least one dimension such that exposure of the medical device to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized;
- a medical device;
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- a medical device delivery apparatus.
A method for delivering a medical device into a patient body while minimizing contamination of a medical device from environmental particulates and damage to the medical device, comprising:
- positioning an access device in the patient body;
- retaining a medical device in a first position within a housing of a device shield such that exposure of the medical device to the environmental particulates and the damage is minimized;
- while retaining the medical device within the housing, positioning a distal end of the device shield into the introducer apparatus to ensure that the medical device is not exposed to the damage and the environmental particulates;
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- delivering the medical device from the device shield and into the patient body via the introducer apparatus.
A device shield, comprising:
- an expanded portion configured to direct a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a medical device;
- a storage portion configured to have the medical device disposed therein;
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- a magnification element adapted to enable magnified visual inspection of the medical device disposed within the storage portion.
A device shield, comprising:
- an inner sheath that defines a storage portion configured to have a medical device disposed therein, the inner sheath having a distal end that can be i) compressed to form a lumen for receiving a guide wire and ii) expanded to enable deployment of the medical out of the storage portion;
- an outer sheath disposed at least partially about the inner sheath, the outer sheath being configured to compress the distal end of the inner sheath and allow for expansion of the distal end of the inner sheath.
A device shield, comprising:
- an expanded portion configured to direct a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a medical device;
- a storage portion configured to have the medical device disposed therein;
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- a rifled portion adapted to create one or more folds in the medical device as the medical device is passed into or out of the storage portion through the rifled portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.