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US 2026/0020751 A1Published application
Radially expanding sheaths
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsSean POWELL, Gene Thomas STORBECK
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Abstract
A medical device may include a sheath. The sheath may have a rigid portion and a flexible portion. In a first configuration of the medical device, the sheath may include a first lumen and a second lumen. In a second configuration of the medical device, the sheath may include only the first lumen.
Claims20
A medical device, comprising:
- a sheath having:
- a rigid portion;
- and
- a flexible portion;
- wherein, in a first configuration, the sheath includes a first lumen and a second lumen, and wherein, in a second configuration, the sheath includes only the first lumen.
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A medical device, comprising:
- a sheath having:
- a rigid portion;
- and
- a flexible portion fixed to the rigid portion, wherein the flexible portion includes:
- a first wall portion;
- a second wall portion;
- and
- a third wall portion,
- wherein, in a first configuration, the second wall portion is folded radially inward and defines a first lumen, and wherein the first wall portion, the third wall portion, and the rigid portion define a circumference of the sheath, and
- wherein, in a second configuration, the second wall portion is unfolded, and the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion, and the rigid portion define a circumference of the sheath.
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A medical device, comprising:
- a sheath having:
- a first rigid portion;
- a second rigid portion;
- a first flexible portion disposed between the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion, wherein the flexible portion includes:
- a first wall portion;
- a second wall portion;
- and
- a third wall portion;
- and
- a first lumen, wherein the first lumen is defined by the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion, and the first flexible portion, and
- wherein, in a first configuration, the second wall portion is folded radially inward and defines a second lumen, and
- wherein, in a second configuration, the second wall portion is unfolded, and the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion, the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion define a circumference of the sheath.
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