US 4,966,587 AGranted

Medical intromission kit

OwnerRainer Baumgartinventor

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Abstract

The medical intromission kit comprises an inner sleeve (10), a distal end portion (13) of which tapers externally in the distal direction, the outer sleeve (30), a sleeve (20) intermediate the inner and outer sleeves (10, 30), a seal means (34) at a proximal end portion of the outer sleeve (30) to receive therethrough at least the inner sleeve (10) so as to occlude completely the inner lumen of the outer sleeve (30), and a proximal outer shoulder (15) having an outside diameter not larger than the outside diameter of the intermediate sleeve (20), provided on the distal end portion (13) of the inner sleeve (10), the three sleeves (10, 20, 30) being formed of flexible material and being arranged coaxially for relative axial displacement one within the other between a retracted position wherein the intermediate sleeve (20) is withdrawn into the outer sleeve (30) with the distal end portion (33) of the outer sleeve (30) abutting the proximal outer shoulder (15 ) of the inner sleeve (10) and being no larger in diameter than the shoulder (15), and an extended position wherein the distal end portion (22) of the intermediate sleeve (20) extends at least to the distal end of the outer sleeve (30) which is enlarged elastically thereby.

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Dependent claims

A medical intromission device comprising:

an inner sleeve having a slightly conical, tapering distal end portion, wherein the distal end portion includes a shoulder having an outer diameter and said shoulder extends proximally from the distal end portion,
an intermediate sleeve coaxial with the inner sleeve, wherein the intermediate sleeve has a distal end for engaging with the shoulder of the distal end portion of the inner sleeve, said distal end of the intermediate sleeve having an outer diameter greater than or equal to the outer diameter of the shoulder of the distal end portion,
a flexible outer sleeve coaxial with the intermediate sleeve, said outer sleeve having a distal end with an outer diameter less than or equal to the outer diameter of the shoulder of the distal end portion of the inner sleeve and having a proximal end with a seal for occluding flow through the outer sleeve when the inner sleeve and intermediate sleeve are removed from the outer sleeve, and
wherein the inner and intermediate sleeves are removable from the outer sleeve by pushing the intermediate sleeve through the outer sleeve to widen the distal end of the outer sleeve and retracting the inner sleeve to engage the shoulder of the distal end portion with the intermediate sleeve before passing through the distal end of the outer sleeve and out through the seal of the proximal end of the outer sleeve.

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