Tunneling device
AssigneeAtrium Medical Corporation
InventorsSteve A. Herweck, David P. Cross
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Abstract
A tunneling device, which is implantable in a body, includes a flexible covering to protect a medical from contamination during the handling and implantation of the device in the body. The tunneling device of the present invention may optionally include a rigid tunneler tip that allows for attachment of the tunneling device to a tunneler instrument prior to the implantation process.
Claims19
A tunneling device for subcutaneous deployment in a patient by a tunneling instrument, the tunneling device comprising:
- a graft,
- a connector adapted to provide a sutureless connection of the graft to a tunneler instrument, said connector being attached to the graft at one end and attachable to the tunneler instrument at another end, and
- a flexible, thin film sheath attached to said connector, said sheath and said connector enclosing one end of the graft, said sheath extending along and enclosing a portion of the length of the graft to protect the graft from contamination during implantation of the graft into the subcutaneous tissue cavity formed in the patient.
A tunneling device for subcutaneous deployment in a patient by a tunneling instrument, the tunneling device comprising:
- a graft,
- a flexible, thin film sheath attached to and enclosing at least one end of the graft, said sheath extending along and enclosing a portion of the length of the graft to protect the graft from contamination during implantation of the graft into the subcutaneous tissue cavity formed in the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.