US 12,239,366 B2
Catheter insertion
Doron Harlev, Brookline, MA (US); Andrew Miles Wallace, Needham, MA (US); Luke Tsai, Clifton Park, NY (US); and Ian Matthew Collier, Newton, MA (US)
Assigned to AFFERA, INC., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed by Affera, Inc., Newton, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/477,266.
Application 18/477,266 is a continuation of application No. 17/929,611, filed on Sep. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,793,567.
Application 17/929,611 is a continuation of application No. 15/584,080, filed on May 2, 2017, granted, now 11,471,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,873, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,339, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,073, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/428,406, filed on Nov. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,736, filed on Nov. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/420,610, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,625, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,632, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/357,704, filed on Jul. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/330,395, filed on May 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032997 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
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1. A system comprising:
a catheter including a shaft and an expandable tip disposed along a distal portion of the catheter shaft, at least one portion of the expandable tip resiliently flexible between an expanded state and a compressed state;
a sheath defining a sheath lumen and having a proximal portion and a distal portion opposite the proximal portion, wherein the at least one portion of the expandable tip, in the compressed state, is movable through the sheath lumen; and
an insertion sleeve defining an insertion sleeve lumen and including a tapered surface along a proximal portion thereof, wherein the tapered surface is adapted to compress the at least one portion of the expandable tip from the expanded state to the compressed state as the at least one portion of the expandable tip is moved through the insertion sleeve lumen, and a distal portion of the insertion sleeve is configured to be inserted into the sheath and engage the proximal portion of the sheath, wherein the distal portion of the insertion sleeve is adapted to be positioned within the sheath lumen while (a) the distal portion of the sheath is inserted into a blood vessel of a patient and (b) the insertion sleeve remains outside of the patient.