US 11,793,567 B2
Catheter insertion
Doron Harlev, Brookline, MA (US); Andrew Miles Wallace, Needham, MA (US); Luke Tsai, Clifton Park, NY (US); and Ian Matthew Collier, Newton, MA (US)
Assigned to AFFERA, INC., Newton, MA (US)
Filed by Affera, Inc., Newton, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,611.
Application 17/929,611 is a continuation of application No. 15/584,080, filed on May 2, 2017, granted, now 11,471,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,873, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,339, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,073, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/428,406, filed on Nov. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,736, filed on Nov. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/420,610, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,625, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,632, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/357,704, filed on Jul. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/330,395, filed on May 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128702 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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1. A method of inserting a catheter into vasculature of a patient, the method comprising:
positioning a distal portion of a sheath in a blood vessel of the patient such that a proximal portion of the sheath remains outside the patient;
moving an insertion sleeve over an expandable tip supported by a catheter shaft the movement of the insertion sleeve compressing at least one portion of the expandable tip from an expanded state to a compressed state;
inserting a distal portion of the insertion sleeve into a lumen of the sheath such that the insertion sleeve remains entirely outside of the patient; and
while maintaining the distal portion of the insertion sleeve in the lumen of the sheath and the insertion sleeve entirely outside of the patient, advancing the expandable tip distally beyond the insertion sleeve and into the sheath.