John Wilson Traxler,Michael Baldwin,Joseph Duffy,John Kantor,Tony Le,Asim Malik,Susan Peterson,Emily Schoenhoff,Eric Hallberg,Steven Holt,Erik Svensson,Ronan Cleary,Sameer Singh,Steven Holmgren,Janet
申请号：
US15875343
公开号：
US20190224449A1
申请日:
2018.01.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
A tubular sheath for enclosing an expandable balloon attached to the distal portion of a catheter encloses and protects the expandable balloon. The tubular sheath is configured to be slidable and removable from the catheter. The tubular sheath may include a longitudinal splitting element that is removable as a result of a force applied to the longitudinal splitting element. The longitudinal splitting element is configured to split the wall of the tubular sheath in response to the force. Alternatively, the tubular sheath may include a gripping portion that has relatively poor cohesive strength to adjacent portions of the tubular sheath. The tubular sheath is configured to be removable in response to a force applied to the gripping portion.
