US 12,144,942 B2
Sheathless guide introducer
Ibrahim Al-Rashdan, Safat (KW)
Appl. No. 16/767,099
Filed by Ibrahim Al-Rashdan, Safat (KW)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/059306
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/102429, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/590,611, filed on Nov. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0376236 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0668 (2013.01) [A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0004 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2029/025 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A system for inserting a guide catheter into a relatively small vessel, the system comprising:
an expandable introducer configured for inserting into the vessel, expanding to dilate the vessel, and holding the vessel in an open condition, wherein the introducer includes a body portion having a plurality of perforations, wherein, prior to perforating the perforations, the body portion comprises a continuous tubular structure; and
a dilator configured for arrangement within the introducer and for dilating the introducer, wherein the dilator expands the introducer by breaking the perforations;
wherein the expandable introducer is removable from a catheter extending therethrough.