US 11,944,539 B2
Delivery system with inline sheath
Susheel R. Deshmukh, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Patrick Griffin, Ballybrit (IE); Patrick E. Macaulay, Windsor, CT (US); A K M. Masud, Mounds View, MN (US); Adam J. Shipley, San Rafael, CA (US); John P. Shanahan, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Hubert K. Yeung, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Stephen J. Peter, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Gustaf L P Belt, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Joshua J. Dwork, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,720.
Application 17/574,720 is a continuation of application No. 15/713,340, filed on Sep. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,234,817.
Application 15/713,340 is a continuation of application No. 13/914,802, filed on Jun. 11, 2013, granted, now 9,788,943, issued on Oct. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133475 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2436 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61F 2/48 (2021.08); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system for a medical device comprising:
a delivery capsule configured to house the medical device in a compressed delivery state, the delivery capsule comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a length of the delivery capsule extending between the proximal end and the distal end;
an elongate member extending from the proximal end of the delivery capsule; and
an introducer sheath slidably disposed about the elongate member, the introducer sheath comprising a distal end having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the delivery capsule at a location along the length of the delivery capsule, wherein the distal end of the introducer sheath cannot slide over the proximal end of the delivery capsule.