US 12,403,023 B2
Delivery system aid and associated systems and methods
Jamin R. Godbey, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Dean A. Shute, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,446.
Application 18/237,446 is a continuation of application No. 16/965,696, previously published as PCT/US2018/017037, filed on Feb. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/625,654, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0390091 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/962 (2013.01) [A61F 2/011 (2020.05); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0048 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. An endoluminal delivery system, comprising:
an introducer sheath having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a proximal opening at the proximal end providing access to the lumen;
a delivery catheter configured to be passed through the proximal opening into the lumen of the introducer sheath;
an endoluminal device releasably maintained along the delivery catheter at a delivery profile that is configured for the endoluminal device to be passed through the proximal opening into the lumen of the introducer sheath while the endoluminal device is maintained in the delivery profile, the endoluminal device having an inner lumen, a first opening providing access to the inner lumen, and a second opening providing access to the inner lumen;
a plurality of guidewire tubes removably received by the endoluminal device such that the guidewire tubes are removable from the endoluminal device when the endoluminal device is in the delivery profile,
wherein each of the guidewire tubes passes through the first opening of the endoluminal device into the inner lumen of the endoluminal device and out of the second opening of the endoluminal device,
wherein each of the guidewire tubes has a first end, a second end, a lumen configured to receive a guidewire, and an enlarged feature configured to selectively prevent insertion of the guidewire tube through the proximal opening of the introducer sheath into the lumen of the introducer sheath, wherein the enlarged feature of each guidewire tube has a different color than the other enlarged features of the other guidewire tubes.