US 12,403,008 B2
Adjustable medical device
Claudio Argento, Felton, CA (US); and Andrew Backus, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Shifamed Holdings, LLC, Campbell, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/286,724
Filed by SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC, Campbell, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/057082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/082039, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,162, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378823 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2466 (2013.01) [A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
an elongate body having a first configuration and a second configuration, the second configuration having a different shape from the first configuration;
a plurality of openings on the elongate body configured to allow the elongate body to change shape from the first configuration to the second configuration;
a shuttle axially moveable within the elongate body;
a tension member extending distally from the shuttle and connecting the shuttle to a distal portion of the elongate body;
a pull member extending proximally from the shuttle, wherein pulling the shuttle proximally along the elongate body with the pull member causes the elongate body to transition from the first configuration to the second configuration; and
a locking mechanism configured to hold the shuttle in a proximally pulled position to lock the elongate body in the second configuration.