Expandable conduit-guide and a method for applying and positioning an expandable conduit-guide

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8591539
APP PUB NO 20070233172A1
SERIAL NO

11701277

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An expandable conduit-guide providing a leak-tight conduit through a skin between an inside of a corpus and an outside of the corpus is disclosed. The conduit-guide includes a body encompassing a lumen extending essentially axially along a center-line, and has a distal-end to be positioned outside of the corpus, and a proximal-end to be positioned inside of the corpus. The body of the conduit-guide is constructed from a braided-wire so that the conduit-guide is capable of actively expanding from a closed diameter to an opened diameter with the placement of the medical device positioned within the lumen (110) and passively collapsing from the opened diameter to the closed diameter upon withdrawal of the medical device under a spring load of the braided-wire. A catheter-sheath and a catheter-sheath-assembly, as well as to a method for applying and positioning an expandable conduit-guide (1), catheter-sheath (8) and a catheter-sheath-assembly (800) are disclosed.

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THORATEC LLC6035 STONERIDGE DRIVE PLEASANTON CA 94588

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Gellman, Barry N North Easton, US 173 16262

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