US 12,256,958 B2
Medical access device having a guard assembly
Stephen Williams, Blackrock (IE); Shane Macnally, Delgany (IE); Ronan Mcmanus, Bray (IE); Christopher D'Arcy, Dublin (IE); Frank Bonadio, Bray (IE); and Olwen Coughlan, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Atropos Limited, Bray (IE)
Filed by Atropos Limited, Bray (IE)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,700.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,633, filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031355 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Prior Publication US 2023/0255662 A9, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3429 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3452 (2013.01); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A medical device configured to protect a body opening, the medical device comprising:
a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end;
a guard assembly having a guard ring and a plurality of petals; and
a plurality of pockets formed at the distal end of the sleeve, wherein each petal of the plurality of petals is secured within a corresponding pocket of the plurality of pockets; wherein retraction of the sleeve causes the plurality of petals to move through the guard ring.