Valved introducer sheath and related methods

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A - Human Necessities

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A61M 25/06 (2006.01) A61M 39/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2369340

A valved introducer sheath is used to facilitate the insertion of a flexible medical device into a body. The elongated valve of the valved introducer sheath is constructed of a foam material that is injected into the sheath and sliced longitudinally to create one or more self-sealing slits through which flexible medical devices can be passed. As a medial device is passed through the self-sealing slit(s) at a proximal end, the self- sealing slits sea] around the medical device before opening at a distal end. The elongated valve is also affixed to at least some of the inner surface of the sheath. The valve will tear into halves along at least one of the self-sealing slits when the sheath is peeled.

L'invention concerne une gaine d'introduction à valve utilisée pour faciliter l'insertion d'un objet médical souple à l'intérieur du corps humain. La valve allongée de la gaine d'introduction à valve est constituée d'une mousse qui est injectée dans la gaine et découpée longitudinalement afin de présenter une ou plusieurs fentes auto-étanches par lesquelles des objets médicaux peuvent être passés. Pendant que l'objet médical est passé à travers la ou les fente(s) auto-étanche(s) à une extrémité proximale, les fentes auto-étanches se ferment autour de l'objet médical avant de s'ouvrir à une extrémité distale. La valve allongée est également fixée à au moins une partie de la surface interne de la gaine. La valve se divise en moitiés le long d'au moins une des fentes auto-étanches lorsque la gaine est retirée par pelage.

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