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Granted Patent B2
US 9,814,557 · App. 11/545,253 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Stent protector design

Inventors: Joel WasDyke (Eden Prairie, MN); Michael D. Johnson (Plymouth, MN); Shawn Sorenson (Maple Grove, MN); Raymond Adney (Coon Rapids, MN); Ram Periakaruppan (Falcon Heights, MN); Matt Heidner (Maple Grove, MN); Sean McNulty (Minneapolis, MN); Pu Zhou (Maple Grove, MN)
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
A61F2/0095A61F2/95A61F2/958A61F2002/9522A61M25/002
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Patent No.
US 9,814,557
App. No.
11/545,253
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A catheter assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end and a longitudinal axis, a stent disposed about the distal end of the catheter, and a stent protector. The stent protector has a stent covering portion disposed about the stent and a catheter engagement portion that removably engages the stent protector to the catheter assembly. The stent covering portion is disposed about the stent without substantially engaging the stent.

Claims (20)

1. A catheter assembly comprising:

a catheter having a distal end and a longitudinal axis,

a stent disposed about the distal end of the catheter,

a stent protector having a stent covering portion disposed about the stent and at least one catheter engagement portion, the catheter engagement portion of the stent protector is located distally of the stent, the catheter engagement portion removably engaging the stent protector to the catheter, the stent covering portion is disposed about the stent without substantially engaging the stent, the catheter engagement portion and the stent covering portion comprise the same material layer;

and wherein the stent covering portion of the stent protector and the proximal end of the stent protector have an inner diameter that is larger than that of the catheter engagement portion and larger than an outer diameter of the stent, and the stent protector is free of catheter engagement at the proximal end of the stent protector, the stent protector is configured and arranged to be disengaged from the catheter and is removed from the catheter prior to insertion in a patient's body in a conventional medical procedure.

2. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein the stent covering portion of the stent protector does not contact the stent.

3. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein the distal end of the catheter has at least one raised portion adjacent to the stent, the at least one raised portion extending radially outward beyond the diameter of the stent, the stent protector engaging the at least one raised portion of the catheter and being held spaced radially apart from the stent.

4. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein the stent protector comprises a flared lead-in portion at the proximal end of the stent protector.

5. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein the stent protector comprises a tapered lead-in portion at the proximal end of the stent protector.

6. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein the stent protector comprises a tapered distal end.

7. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein the stent protector comprises slits that coil in a longitudinal direction about the stent protector.

8. A catheter assembly comprising:

a catheter having a distal end and a longitudinal axis,

a stent disposed about the distal end of the catheter,

a stent protector having a stent covering portion disposed about the stent and at least one catheter engagement portion, the catheter engagement portion of the stent protector is located distally of the stent, the stent covering portion comprising a widened proximal end, the catheter engagement portion removably engaging the stent protector to the catheter, the stent covering portion is disposed about the stent without substantially engaging the stent, the catheter engagement portion and the stent covering portion comprise the same material layer;

and wherein the stent covering portion of the stent protector and the proximal end of the stent protector have an inner diameter that is larger than that of the catheter engagement portion and larger than an outer diameter of the stent, and the stent protector is free of catheter engagement at the proximal end of the stent protector, the stent protector is configured and arranged to be disengaged from the catheter and is removed from the catheter prior to insertion in a patient's body in a conventional medical procedure.

9. The catheter assembly of claim 8 wherein the stent protector comprises a flared lead-in portion at the proximal end of the stent protector.

10. The catheter assembly of claim 8 wherein the stent protector comprises a tapered lead-in portion at the proximal end of the stent protector.

11. The catheter assembly of claim 8 wherein the stent protector comprises a tapered distal end.

12. The catheter assembly of claim 8 wherein the stent protector comprises slits that coil in a longitudinal direction about the stent protector.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2006
From: MCNULTY, SEAN
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 018499/0422 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2006
From: WASDYKE, JOEL; JOHNSON, MICHAEL E.; SORENSON, SHAWN; ADNEY, RAYMOND; PERIAKARUPPAN, RAM; HEIDNER, MATT; ZHOU, PU
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 018499/0686 →
Continuity (1)
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