Alan Connors,Shyam Nagasrinivasa,Emily Schoenhoff,Janet Komatsu
申请号：
US15875356
公开号：
US20190224448A1
申请日:
2018.01.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
A medical device that is configured to house an expandable balloon includes a tubular sheath and a retaining member. The tubular sheath includes a longitudinal slit that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tubular sheath and the retaining member is configured to retain the tubular sheath in a closed configuration. The tubular sheath may house the expandable balloon while the expandable balloon is attached to a catheter that is configured to navigate the expandable balloon into a body of a patient. The tubular sheath may be configured to house the expandable balloon substantially through the process of inserting the expandable balloon into the vasculature of the patient. Once the expandable balloon has been introduced into the introducer sheath and/or inserted into the vasculature of the patient, the retaining member may be disengaged and the tubular sheath removed from the catheter.
