US 12,440,216 B2
Multiple inflation endovascular medical device
Michael Broyles, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Bret J. Kilgrow, 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 Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,506.
Application 17/968,506 is a continuation of application No. 16/791,425, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,510,679.
Application 16/791,425 is a continuation of application No. 15/711,189, filed on Sep. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,595,874, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190291 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 29/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/12109 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 29/041 (2013.01); A61L 29/14 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61M 25/0032 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1081 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1084 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01); A61M 2025/109 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1093 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a catheter comprising: a proximal end, a distal end, a cover lumen that extends from the distal end to the proximal end of the catheter;
an expandable member disposed on the catheter having a working length;
a cover comprising a plurality of regions and having a length at least two times a working length of the expandable member, a first end of the cover inverts into a cover lumen of the catheter; and
an actuator coupled to the first end of the cover and configured to move the first end of the cover towards the proximal end of the catheter along the longitudinal axis of the catheter, and
wherein the cover covers at least a portion of a circumference of the expandable member and at least a portion of a length of the expandable member from the proximal end to the distal end.